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Source Description
During his career as a greeting card designer, Chase published approximately fifty pictorial maps, generally displaying a sense of humor. While most used illustrations to highlight geographical information in real places, he also created maps of imaginary places. This fictitious map of a heart-shaped place called Loveland merged the sentimentality of greeting cards with standard cartographic conventions. Loveland was appropriately portrayed with meticulously drawn and cleverly labeled images. From its decorative border to conventional map elements, Chase completely committed to the theme of love. Even the compass rose was composed of a cluster of hearts pieced by three arrows.
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Document identity
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st74cw28p
label
A pictorial map of loveland
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
st74cw28p
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A pictorial map of loveland
description
During his career as a greeting card designer, Chase published approximately fifty pictorial maps, generally displaying a sense of humor. While most used illustrations to highlight geographical information in real places, he also created maps of imaginary places. This fictitious map of a heart-shaped place called Loveland merged the sentimentality of greeting cards with standard cartographic conventions. Loveland was appropriately portrayed with meticulously drawn and cleverly labeled images. From its decorative border to conventional map elements, Chase completely committed to the theme of love. Even the compass rose was composed of a cluster of hearts pieced by three arrows.
date
["[ca. 1943]"]
year
1943
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_007671
creators
Chase, Ernest Dudley, 1878-
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Love--Maps
Imaginary places--Maps
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Winchester, Mass
publisher
Ernest Dudley Chase
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
extent
1 map : col. ; on sheet 40 x 58 cm.
notes
Pictorial map.
Relief shown pictorially.
Includes col. ill. and text.
"Loveland, a place where everyone should go; Where romance thrives, and Friendships dearer grow."
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no
dcId
st74cw28p
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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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