Rare Old Map of West Virginia, 1930: Railroad, Charleston, Huntington, Morgantown, Ohio R., B&O & C&O RR
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20% de descuento en 2 — 33% de descuento en 3
Añade dos artículos elegibles a tu carrito para recibir 20% de descuento. Añade un tercero y será complementario (equivalente a 33% de descuento al comprar tres).
No se necesita código — la oferta se aplica automáticamente al finalizar la compra.
Válido en todos los mapas estándar y impresiones de arte fino. Puedes mezclar y combinar cualquier diseño.
Si deseas enviar artículos a múltiples direcciones, por favor contáctanos antes de realizar tu pedido.
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This is a museum-grade archival print from the original 1930 map — restored in our workshop and made to order on 220gsm archival matte paper or 400gsm artist's cotton canvas with pigment inks.
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Rand McNally Standard Map of West Virginia, published in 1930 by Rand McNally and Company, presents the Mountain State with the firm clarity that made the firm America’s preeminent cartographic house. Set within the company’s pocket tourist guide, it captures West Virginia on the cusp of modern mobility: an industrial landscape still ruled by rail even as air travel beckoned on the horizon. The entire state is rendered in careful county delineation, the bold state outline tightening around a terrain of steep hollows and river-cut valleys. Major cities—Charleston, Huntington, Wheeling, Parkersburg, Morgantown, Fairmont, Beckley, Clarksburg, and Weirton—are prominently marked, their names cross-referenced in an index to principal cities neatly arrayed along the right margin. The result is an authoritative, traveler-ready portrait of place and movement.
Rand McNally’s design discipline shows in every stroke. Relief is modeled with crisp hachures that cast the Allegheny ridges and Appalachian Plateau into tactile light and shadow, guiding the eye along watersheds and divides. County boundaries are distinguished with clean tints and hairline demarcations, while a restrained, legible typography carries town names, rivers, and ranges without clutter. Organization is paramount: an index to principal cities speeds consultation, and, in a distinct font and color, a separately listed roster of West Virginia railroads underscores the map’s transportation emphasis. The composition balances information density with navigational clarity, a hallmark of the firm’s early twentieth-century standards—functional but handsome, modern in spirit, and never losing sight of the geographic character that underpins human movement.
Transportation structure is the map’s living thread. Railroads ribbon across the state, their coursing lines tracing valleys and passes from the Ohio River to the Eastern Panhandle. The Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk & Western, Virginian, and Western Maryland anchor a network that connected coalfields to steel mills and river ports. Charleston, the capital, reads as a pivotal junction on the Kanawha; Huntington and Wheeling clasp the Ohio with mercantile confidence; Parkersburg sits astride river and rail; Morgantown, Fairmont, Clarksburg, and Beckley form interior nodes of industry and trade; Weirton crowns the northern panhandle. Electric lines—those interurban and traction routes of the day—prick the map with modern ambition, extending mobility into smaller towns and mining valleys otherwise isolated by terrain.
Physical geography shapes every decision, and the map makes that visible. The Ohio River draws a sinuous western boundary lined with river towns; the Monongahela gathers in the north; the Potomac seams the far east. Through the center, the New–Gauley–Kanawha system cleaves a corridor from high plateau to lowland, a pathway matched by steel. Hachures reveal the lift and fall of the Allegheny Front and the tight folds of the southern coalfields, explaining why lines bend, switchback, and tunnel to hold grade. Place-names fasten to ridges and forks—visual cues for travelers and historians tracing settlement and industry across hollows and benches. Read closely, the sheet becomes a relief model: an essay in how mountains dictate towns, roads, and, above all, rails.
Behind this clarity stands Rand McNally, the dominant American map publisher of the era, whose atlases, road guides, and railroad charts taught a nation to navigate. In 1930 the firm synthesized information with unusual efficiency: indexes that resolve swiftly to a place on the sheet; typographic hierarchies that communicate function; and curated railroad lists that mirror how people actually traveled. Issued as part of the company’s pocket tourist series—where trains reigned and airplanes were the thrilling newcomer—it distilled West Virginia’s political and physical realities into a tool equally useful to the traveler, the shipper, and, today, the historian. To hold its logic is to glimpse the state in motion: counties aligned, cities linked, grades conquered, and the iron pathways that powered an age.
Cities and towns on this map
- Charleston (Capital)
- Huntington
- Morgantown
- Parkersburg
- Wheeling
- Fairmont
- Beckley
- Clarksburg
- Weirton
Notable Features & Landmarks
- Detailed outlines of state and county boundaries
- Major cities and towns marked, including the state capital
- Railroads prominently displayed throughout the state
- Electric lines indicated on the map
- Relief shading to illustrate topography
- An index on the right side with principal city names
- List of railroads presented in a distinct font and color
Historical and design context
- 1930 publication by Rand McNally and Company
- Rand McNally was a leading early 20th-century cartographic publisher, noted for detailed travel guides and roadmaps
- Detailed representation of political and physical geography
- Railroad and transportation infrastructure emphasis (railroads, electric lines, and major cities)
- Served as a valuable tool for travelers and historians, reflecting early 20th-century infrastructure
- Part of a larger pocket tourist guide, illustrating prominent transportation modes of the time (planes and trains)
- Demonstrates an organized information structure (index to principal cities and a list of railroads)
Please double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.
This map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 70in (180cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
Please note: the labels on this map are hard to read if you order a map that is 16in (40cm) or smaller. The map is still very attractive, but if you would like to read the map easily, please buy a larger size.
The model in the listing images is holding the 18x24in (45x60cm) version of this map.
The fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.
If you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the best old maps to see if something else catches your eye.
Please contact me to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.
This would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.
This map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.
This map is also available as a float framed canvas, sometimes known as a shadow gap framed canvas or canvas floater. The map is printed on artist's cotton canvas and then stretched over a handmade box frame. We then "float" the canvas inside a wooden frame, which is available in a range of colours (black, dark brown, oak, antique gold and white). This is a wonderful way to present a map without glazing in front. See some examples of float framed canvas maps and explore the differences between my different finishes.
For something truly unique, this map is also available in "Unique 3D", our trademarked process that dramatically transforms the map so that it has a wonderful sense of depth. We combine the original map with detailed topography and elevation data, so that mountains and the terrain really "pop". For more info and examples of 3D maps, check my Unique 3D page.
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Todos mis mapas y impresiones artísticas están bien empaquetados y enviados en un tubo resistente si no están enmarcados, o rodeados de espuma si están enmarcados.
Intento enviar todos los pedidos dentro de 1 o 2 días después de recibir tu pedido, aunque algunos productos (como mascarillas, tazas y bolsas de tela) pueden tardar más en fabricarse.
Si seleccionas Entrega Exprés al finalizar la compra, priorizaremos tu pedido y lo enviaremos por mensajería de 1 día (Fedex, DHL, UPS, Parcelforce).
La entrega al día siguiente también está disponible en algunos países (EE. UU., Reino Unido, Singapur, EAU), pero por favor intenta hacer tu pedido temprano en el día para que podamos enviarlo a tiempo.
Mi marco estándar es un marco de madera de fresno negro estilo galería. Es simple y tiene un aspecto bastante moderno. Mi marco estándar tiene alrededor de 20 mm (0.8 in) de ancho.
Utilizo acrílico super claro (perspex/acrylite) para el vidrio del marco. Es más ligero y seguro que el vidrio, y se ve mejor, ya que la reflectividad es menor.
Seis colores de marco estándar están disponibles de forma gratuita (negro, marrón oscuro, gris oscuro, roble, blanco y oro antiguo).El enmarcado y montaje/matizado personalizado está disponible si buscas algo diferente.
La mayoría de los mapas, arte e ilustraciones también están disponibles como un lienzo enmarcado. Utilizamos lienzo de algodón mate (no brillante), lo estiramos sobre un marco de madera de caja de origen sostenible, y luego 'flotamos' la pieza dentro de un marco de madera. El resultado final es bastante hermoso, y no hay cristal que se interponga.
Todos los marcos se proporcionan "listos para colgar", con una cuerda o soportes en la parte posterior. Los marcos muy grandes tendrán placas de colgar de alta resistencia y/o un listón de montaje. Si tienes alguna pregunta, por favor ponte en contacto.
Mira algunos ejemplos de mis mapas enmarcados y mapas en lienzo enmarcados.
Alternativamente, también puedo proporcionar mapas antiguos y obras de arte en lienzo, tablero de espuma, papel de algodón y otros materiales.
Si deseas enmarcar tu mapa o obra de arte tú mismo, por favor lee mi guía de tamaños primero.
Mis mapas son reproducciones de mapas originales de altísima calidad.
Obtengo mapas originales y raros de bibliotecas, casas de subastas y colecciones privadas de todo el mundo, los restauro en mi taller de Londres y luego uso tintas e impresoras giclée especializadas para crear hermosos mapas que lucen incluso mejor que el original.
Mis mapas están impresos en papel de archivo mate (no brillante) sin ácido que se siente de muy alta calidad y casi como una tarjeta. En términos técnicos, el peso/grosor del papel es de 10 mil/200 g/m². Es perfecto para enmarcar.
Imprimo con tintas pigmentadas Epson ultrachrome giclée UV resistentes a la decoloración, algunas de las mejores tintas que puedes encontrar.
yo también puedo hacer mapas sobre lienzo, trapo de algodón y otros materiales exóticos.
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Personalización de mapas
Si está buscando el regalo perfecto de aniversario o inauguración de la casa, puedo personalizar su mapa para hacerlo verdaderamente único. Por ejemplo, puedo agregar un mensaje corto, resaltar una ubicación importante o agregar el escudo de armas de su familia.
Las opciones son casi infinitas. Por favor mira mi página de personalización de mapas para ver algunos maravillosos ejemplos de lo que es posible.
Para pedir un mapa personalizado, seleccione "personalizar su mapa" antes de agregarlo a su carrito.
Ponerse en contacto si buscas personalizaciones y personalizaciones más complejas.
Envejecimiento del mapa
A lo largo de los años, los clientes me han preguntado cientos de veces si podían comprar un mapa que se viera uniforme. más viejo.
Bueno, ahora puedes hacerlo seleccionando Envejecido antes de agregar un mapa a tu carrito.
Todas las fotografías de productos que ve en esta página muestran el mapa en su forma original. Así es como se ve el mapa hoy.
Si selecciona Envejecido, envejeceré su mapa a mano, usando un proceso especial y único desarrollado a través de años de estudiar mapas antiguos, hablar con investigadores para comprender la química del envejecimiento del papel y, por supuesto... ¡mucha práctica!
Si no estás seguro, quédate con el color original del mapa. Si quieres algo un poco más oscuro y más viejo buscando, opte por Envejecido.
Si no estás satisfecho con tu pedido por cualquier motivo, contáctame para un reembolso sin complicaciones. Por favor, consulta nuestra política de devoluciones y reembolsos para más información.
Estoy muy seguro de que te gustará tu mapa o impresión artística restaurada. He estado haciendo esto desde 1984. Soy un vendedor de 5 estrellas en Etsy. He vendido decenas de miles de mapas e impresiones artísticas y tengo más de 5,000 opiniones reales de 5 estrellas.
Utilizo un proceso único para restaurar mapas y obras de arte que consume mucho tiempo y mano de obra. Buscar los mapas e ilustraciones originales puede llevar meses. Utilizo tecnología de última generación y extremadamente cara para escanear y restaurarlos. Como resultado, garantizo que mis mapas e impresiones artísticas son superiores a los demás - por eso puedo ofrecer un reembolso sin complicaciones.
Casi todos mis mapas e impresiones artísticas se ven increíbles en tamaños grandes (200cm, 6.5ft+) y también puedo enmarcarlos y entregártelos a través de un servicio de mensajería especial para tamaños grandes. Contáctame para discutir tus necesidades específicas.
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Rand McNally Standard Map of West Virginia, published in 1930 by Rand McNally and Company, presents the Mountain State with the firm clarity that made the firm America’s preeminent cartographic house. Set within the company’s pocket tourist guide, it captures West Virginia on the cusp of modern mobility: an industrial landscape still ruled by rail even as air travel beckoned on the horizon. The entire state is rendered in careful county delineation, the bold state outline tightening around a terrain of steep hollows and river-cut valleys. Major cities—Charleston, Huntington, Wheeling, Parkersburg, Morgantown, Fairmont, Beckley, Clarksburg, and Weirton—are prominently marked, their names cross-referenced in an index to principal cities neatly arrayed along the right margin. The result is an authoritative, traveler-ready portrait of place and movement.
Rand McNally’s design discipline shows in every stroke. Relief is modeled with crisp hachures that cast the Allegheny ridges and Appalachian Plateau into tactile light and shadow, guiding the eye along watersheds and divides. County boundaries are distinguished with clean tints and hairline demarcations, while a restrained, legible typography carries town names, rivers, and ranges without clutter. Organization is paramount: an index to principal cities speeds consultation, and, in a distinct font and color, a separately listed roster of West Virginia railroads underscores the map’s transportation emphasis. The composition balances information density with navigational clarity, a hallmark of the firm’s early twentieth-century standards—functional but handsome, modern in spirit, and never losing sight of the geographic character that underpins human movement.
Transportation structure is the map’s living thread. Railroads ribbon across the state, their coursing lines tracing valleys and passes from the Ohio River to the Eastern Panhandle. The Baltimore & Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk & Western, Virginian, and Western Maryland anchor a network that connected coalfields to steel mills and river ports. Charleston, the capital, reads as a pivotal junction on the Kanawha; Huntington and Wheeling clasp the Ohio with mercantile confidence; Parkersburg sits astride river and rail; Morgantown, Fairmont, Clarksburg, and Beckley form interior nodes of industry and trade; Weirton crowns the northern panhandle. Electric lines—those interurban and traction routes of the day—prick the map with modern ambition, extending mobility into smaller towns and mining valleys otherwise isolated by terrain.
Physical geography shapes every decision, and the map makes that visible. The Ohio River draws a sinuous western boundary lined with river towns; the Monongahela gathers in the north; the Potomac seams the far east. Through the center, the New–Gauley–Kanawha system cleaves a corridor from high plateau to lowland, a pathway matched by steel. Hachures reveal the lift and fall of the Allegheny Front and the tight folds of the southern coalfields, explaining why lines bend, switchback, and tunnel to hold grade. Place-names fasten to ridges and forks—visual cues for travelers and historians tracing settlement and industry across hollows and benches. Read closely, the sheet becomes a relief model: an essay in how mountains dictate towns, roads, and, above all, rails.
Behind this clarity stands Rand McNally, the dominant American map publisher of the era, whose atlases, road guides, and railroad charts taught a nation to navigate. In 1930 the firm synthesized information with unusual efficiency: indexes that resolve swiftly to a place on the sheet; typographic hierarchies that communicate function; and curated railroad lists that mirror how people actually traveled. Issued as part of the company’s pocket tourist series—where trains reigned and airplanes were the thrilling newcomer—it distilled West Virginia’s political and physical realities into a tool equally useful to the traveler, the shipper, and, today, the historian. To hold its logic is to glimpse the state in motion: counties aligned, cities linked, grades conquered, and the iron pathways that powered an age.
Cities and towns on this map
- Charleston (Capital)
- Huntington
- Morgantown
- Parkersburg
- Wheeling
- Fairmont
- Beckley
- Clarksburg
- Weirton
Notable Features & Landmarks
- Detailed outlines of state and county boundaries
- Major cities and towns marked, including the state capital
- Railroads prominently displayed throughout the state
- Electric lines indicated on the map
- Relief shading to illustrate topography
- An index on the right side with principal city names
- List of railroads presented in a distinct font and color
Historical and design context
- 1930 publication by Rand McNally and Company
- Rand McNally was a leading early 20th-century cartographic publisher, noted for detailed travel guides and roadmaps
- Detailed representation of political and physical geography
- Railroad and transportation infrastructure emphasis (railroads, electric lines, and major cities)
- Served as a valuable tool for travelers and historians, reflecting early 20th-century infrastructure
- Part of a larger pocket tourist guide, illustrating prominent transportation modes of the time (planes and trains)
- Demonstrates an organized information structure (index to principal cities and a list of railroads)
Please double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.
This map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details.
This map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 70in (180cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please get in touch.
Please note: the labels on this map are hard to read if you order a map that is 16in (40cm) or smaller. The map is still very attractive, but if you would like to read the map easily, please buy a larger size.
The model in the listing images is holding the 18x24in (45x60cm) version of this map.
The fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.
If you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the best old maps to see if something else catches your eye.
Please contact me to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.
This would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.
This map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.

