SHORT DESCRIPTION
Original 1925 Automobile Road Map of Ohio presented by The Standard Oil Company, an Ohio corporation, and produced by Rand McNally. Large folding statewide map with detailed city maps for Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, Toledo, Dayton, Akron, Canton, Youngstown, Springfield, and other areas. Red squares identify Standard Oil service-station locations. Also includes Polarine Motor Oils advertising, Red Crown gasoline imagery, tourist camps, state parks, road classifications, and construction information dated June 15, 1925.
Used antique condition with age toning, original fold creases, handling wear, scattered spotting, minor edge and corner wear, small tears, localized fold weakness, and a period handwritten “1925 Ohio Map” notation. Appears complete and opens fully. Please review all photographs carefully. Original period item, not a reproduction.
FULL DESCRIPTION
Original 1925 Automobile Road Map of Ohio, presented by The Standard Oil Company, an Ohio corporation.
This large folding map documents Ohio’s road system during the early automobile-travel era. The statewide map identifies paved, improved, graded, and dirt roads; state routes; tourist camps; state parks; places of interest; and historic trail and highway markings.
A printed notice states that road-construction information was current to the best of the publisher’s ability as of June 15, 1925.
The reverse contains detailed street and route maps for major Ohio cities. Red squares identify Standard Oil service-station locations, giving the map particular appeal to collectors of gas-station and petroleum advertising.
Period advertising includes Polarine Motor Oils, Red Crown gasoline imagery, a Standard Oil filling station, and early automobile illustrations.
Issued before the nationwide U.S. numbered-highway system was fully established, this map preserves an especially interesting transitional moment in American road and automobile history.
It should appeal to collectors of:
Presented by: The Standard Oil Company, an Ohio corporation
Cartography and printing: Rand McNally & Company
Year: 1925
Road information current through: June 15, 1925
The map appears complete and opens fully. It shows expected evidence of approximately a century of use and storage, including:
The red-and-blue printing remains strong, and the Standard Oil, Red Crown, and Polarine advertising graphics display attractively.
Please examine all photographs carefully. The photos are part of the description and show the exact map included.