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Rand McNally and Company

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Elmer Jacobs papers

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Jacobs
Abstract

Original advertising and magazine art, correspondence, speech texts, tax records, photographs, printed ephemera, and a radio interview by Chicago freelance designer and illustrator Elmer Jacobs.

Dates: 1925-1982

Rand McNally and Company records

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Rand
Abstract

Business records of the Rand McNally Company, established in 1856 in Chicago. The firm became well known for its cartographic publishing, but also produced a variety of trade books, textbooks, periodicals, and printing jobs such as railroad tickets and coupons. Includes records of financial, marketing, and production activities, including correspondence; visual materials, including photographs, artwork, and scrapbooks; printing artifacts and samples, etc.

Dates: 1856-1996

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