"Warner's Safe Cure Prize Map of the United States and Canada", Rand McNally & Co.

This huge folding map of the United States and southern Canada was used as a promotional tool for a patent medicine company. The map is typical of Rand McNally's maps of the late nineteenth century, showing each state with counties delineated, roads, cities and terrific detail on the railroad system. The large illustration at bottom left of the Statue of Liberty, "Liberty Enlightening the World," includes a two-paragraph description of the statue and its construction. The people of France presented the Statue of Liberty to the people of the United States in 1886, the year prior to this map's publication. H. H. Warner Co. was a prolific advertiser and producer of different patent medicines. In this example, Warner's Safe Cure was a concoction that was marketed as a cure-all for diseases and problems relating to the kidneys and liver.

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Condition: A

Clean and colorful with some archival reinforcement at the fold junctions on verso. Issued folding.