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Source Description
Created by Ilonka Karasz in 1927, this playfully illustrated tourist guide to Paris highlights the delights found on the city’s labyrinthine streets. As a designer and illustrator, Karasz was among the first women to attend the influential Vienna Workshop, and was subsequently granted opportunities generally reserved for men. She created several maps and designed in wide variety of other media, including 186 "New Yorker" magazine covers spanning 30 years.
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Document identity
localId
0r96fn36t
label
Plan de Paris
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
0r96fn36t
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Plan de Paris
description
Created by Ilonka Karasz in 1927, this playfully illustrated tourist guide to Paris highlights the delights found on the city’s labyrinthine streets. As a designer and illustrator, Karasz was among the first women to attend the influential Vienna Workshop, and was subsequently granted opportunities generally reserved for men. She created several maps and designed in wide variety of other media, including 186 "New Yorker" magazine covers spanning 30 years.
date
["1927"]
year
1927
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_014797
creators
Karasz, Ilonka, 1896-1981
Washington Square Book Shop (New York, N.Y.)
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Paris (France)--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Europe
France
Paris
Île-de-France
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
France
city
Paris
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
New York, NY
publisher
Washington Square Book Shop
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
schema:latitude
48.866667
schema:longitude
2.333333
extent
1 map : color ; 60 x 82 cm
notes
Pictorial map.
Includes illustrations.
Indexed for points of interest.
hasTranscription
no
dcId
0r96fn36t
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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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