(c) 2009 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Map of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad

primary Rand McNally and Company (American, founded 1856)

subject Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad (American, 1859 - 1995)

contributor Isabella Stewart Gardner (New York, 1840 - 1924, Boston)

contributor John Lowell Gardner Jr. (Boston, 1837 - 1898, Boston)

Dateabout 1881

MediumEngraving with handwritten notations in crayon and ink

Dimensions61.9 x 94 cm (24 3/8 x 37 in.)

ClassificationsArchival Material

Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston

Accession numberARC.010023

eMuseum ID731110

Other Numberv.1.a.4.1.x

TMS Source ID27203

Last Updated8/9/24

Status

Not on view

Web Commentary

This map was folded into Isabella Stewart Gardner’s travel album documenting her railroad trip across the United States with her husband in the spring of 1881. On it, Isabella recorded their route. She also chose to cut out a piece of the map—specifically an early part of their journey from the Northeast to Chicago—to paste it into the album itself.

BibliographyNotesDakota Jackson, "A Tiny Sombrero," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 5 October 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/tiny-sombrero
Nathaniel Silver, "Isabella Stewart Gardner and Mexico," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 21 December 2020, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/isabella-stewart-gardner-and-mexico
Ellen Promise, "Searching for Answers: Isabella's Native American Basket," Inside the Collection (blog), Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 2 October 2023, https://www.gardnermuseum.org/blog/searching-answers-isabellas-native-american-basket

ProvenanceNotesEntered Isabella Stewart Gardner's collection around 1880.