This map bears the initials of the Klu Klux Klan on the back, a very prominent group in SW Penn Bituminous coal mining and production.

How they were involved in this map is a mystery and I cannot find any history on it... whether they funded survey maps or not, I do not know. But there is no other KKK in Penn in Victorian times.

In good Victorian antique condition with less than typical wear/staining and foxing...as seen in pics. There are tears, holes in the deep creases as this map has been folded in the back of a book for about 150 years

From "Geology of Southwestern Pennsylvania" volume 3, 1878 1st edition.

NOT Reproduction despite its excellent preserved condition

Approx 24.25 x 28.5"

MUST SHIP FOLDED

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