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Source Description
Created as an advertisement for Arbuckles, a wholesale grocer, the territorial growth of the United States is compared to an orchard tree. Printed on the verso of a United States map, this unusual graphic is essentially a geographical time line, charting the chronological growth of the nation. In representing the United States, the cartographer uses a tree that sits in “the great American garden” and is tended by the mythical figure Uncle Sam. The roots symbolize the original thirteen colonies, while subsequent “grafts” and branches represent other states added by war, purchase, and annexation.
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Document identity
localId
3f463673h
label
Uncle Sam's family tree
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3f463673h
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Uncle Sam's family tree
description
Created as an advertisement for Arbuckles, a wholesale grocer, the territorial growth of the United States is compared to an orchard tree. Printed on the verso of a United States map, this unusual graphic is essentially a geographical time line, charting the chronological growth of the nation. In representing the United States, the cartographer uses a tree that sits in “the great American garden” and is tended by the mythical figure Uncle Sam. The roots symbolize the original thirteen colonies, while subsequent “grafts” and branches represent other states added by war, purchase, and annexation.
date
["1900"]
year
1900
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_005748
creators
Waite, John F.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
United States--History--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Chicago
publisher
Fort Dearborn Publishing Co.
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
38
schema:longitude
-98
extent
1 map : color ; 29 x 20 cm
hasTranscription
no
dcId
3f463673h
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
c36502cc005ef14c