Los Angeles by George Cram 1899 Size:iPhone 14 Pro Max The French master

The French master

Tourist map of the city of Amsterdam issued by Amsterdamsche Bank and Incasso-Bank (Amsterdamsche Bank acquired Incasso-Bank in 1948)

A view of the Magdalen Tower from the adjacent Magpie Lane

Cram and Blanchard eventually became business partners

Published in Paris between 1801 and 1805

Los Angeles by George Cram 1899 Size:iPhone 14 Pro Max The French masterGeorge F. Cram (1842 1928) got his start in cartography following the Civil War when he moved to Evanston, Illinois to clerk for his uncle, a merchant by the name of Rufus Blanchard. Prior to the war, Blanchard had found success selling globes, maps, and books along the east coast until postwar disruption drove him west. Cram had served in the Union Army during the war and supposedly carried out cartographic duties for none other than Ulysses S.