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Source Description
Mary Hotz designed this map as a high school student in 1930, for a poster contest celebrating the 300th anniversary of Watertown, Massachusetts. Her map of historical Watertown, complete with Native Americans, houses, churches, arsenals, courthouses, taverns, mills, schools and statues was the winning entry. Hotz combined recent and past history in this colorful and detailed map, which she shared with local community clubs, and President Calvin Coolidge, who had family ties to the town. She eventually attended art school in Boston, but never practiced professionally; however, her map appeared for years in official buildings and private residences throughout Watertown.
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Document identity
localId
3f4638525
label
Historical map of Watertown, 1630-1930
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obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3f4638525
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Historical map of Watertown, 1630-1930
description
Mary Hotz designed this map as a high school student in 1930, for a poster contest celebrating the 300th anniversary of Watertown, Massachusetts. Her map of historical Watertown, complete with Native Americans, houses, churches, arsenals, courthouses, taverns, mills, schools and statues was the winning entry. Hotz combined recent and past history in this colorful and detailed map, which she shared with local community clubs, and President Calvin Coolidge, who had family ties to the town. She eventually attended art school in Boston, but never practiced professionally; however, her map appeared for years in official buildings and private residences throughout Watertown.
date
["1930"]
year
1930
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_014645
creators
Hotz, Mary B.
Hotz, Mary B.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Watertown (Mass.)--Maps
Pictorial maps
subjectsGeographic
Massachusetts
Middlesex (county)
North and Central America
United States
Watertown
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Massachusetts
county
Middlesex
city
Watertown
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Place of publication not identified]
publisher
[publisher not identified]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
42.3667
schema:longitude
-71.1833
extent
1 map : color ; 41 x 67 cm, on sheet 53 x 79 cm
notes
Includes illustrations, notes and decorative border.
Inset: The original map of Watertown.
Several other printings of this map were issued, with color overprint and in various scales.
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no
dcId
3f4638525
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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9a37044762fb95b2