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Cartoon pictorial map showing Texas as occupying about half of the area of the United States, with comic place names.

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Document identity
localId
fn107c370
label
A Texan's map of the United States [of Texas]
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
fn107c370
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A Texan's map of the United States [of Texas]
description
Cartoon pictorial map showing Texas as occupying about half of the area of the United States, with comic place names.
date
["(c) 1949"]
year
1949
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017138
creators
Oliver, Frank (James Frank), 1916-2006
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
United States--Humor--Maps
Texas--Humor--Maps
Pictorial maps
Mental maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Crockett, Texas
publisher
Published by Texoak Flooring Company
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
38
schema:longitude
-98
extent
1 map : color ; 52 x 71 cm, on sheet 54 x 73 cm
notes
Cartoon pictorial map showing Texas as occupying about half of the area of the United States, with comic place names.
"Scale of miles: 1 Texas inch = 1,000 miles."
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no
dcId
fn107c370
type
map
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