A Hysterical Map of Death Valley National Monument Its Lookin' Mighty Low.
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Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps
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Average. Wear along original fold lines. Infill at some fold intersections. Verso repairs. Priced accordingly. Size 22 x 14 Inches. A blend of the comic and the practical, this is a 1950 Jolly Lindgren larger format pictorial map of Death Valley National Monument. This is one of the rarer of Lindgren's 'Hysterical' map series, which gained popularity against the grim backdrop of first the Great Depression and World War II. A Closer Look 'Hysterical' vignettes and captions throughout provide humorous commentary on Death Valley. A bleached animal skull appears beneath the phrase 'hot and dry' and provides the comment 'you tellin' me' not far from another skeletal creature screaming 'Anybody got a piece of water!'. A tourist on his belly pants for a Coca-Cola. Lindgren identifies Dead Man's Pass outside the park and says as an aside 'Do dead men make passes?' The subtitle for the map is 'Or Curtains Hollow, Croak Gully, or Belly-Up Valley'. A road between Ubehebe Crater and Race Track is labeled simply as 'This is a lousy road'. On the more serious side, Lindgren marks hotels and other important locations. He identifies mines and landmarks both inside and outside the park. Also, written in prominent lettering at top center is the warning 'Motorists: Check with a Ranger before driving on unpaved roads'. Death Valley National Park On February 11, 1933, President Herbert Hoover created a nearly two-million-acre national monument in Death Valley. The Civilian Conservation Corps was responsible for the earliest improvements to the park, grading 500 miles of roads, installing telegraph and water lines, and constructing seventy-six buildings. Designated a biosphere reserve in 1994, Death Valley National Monument was expanded by 1.3 million acres on October 31, 1994, and redesignated as Death Valley National Park - the largest national park in the contiguous United States. Lindgren's 'Hysterical' Maps Between roughly 1930 and 1950, Hjalmer 'Jolly' Lindgren (1895 - September 1952) and his brother Oscar 'Ott' Lindgren (1893 - 1967) issued a series of 'Hysterical Maps' detailing American national parks and monuments. Jolly was the artist while his brother, Oscar, ran the business side. Jolly imagined the maps as comic relief, as well as a reminder of the world's most beautiful places during both the Great Depression and the subsequent World War II (1939 - 1945) era. He wrote, 'What this country needs now is something to put a smile on people’s faces.' The maps are graphically interesting and intended, as the titles suggest, to amuse. The brothers focused on producing maps of popular tourist attractions, and the great national parks of the West were an obvious choice. They produced maps of Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon, Glacier, Zion, Bryce Canyon and others through the early 1940s. Some were also issued as postcards. Today, Lindgren's larger maps are highly desirable, and many are extremely rare. There is no complete census of Lindgren's full corpus. Publication History and Census/h6 This map was created by Jolly Lindgren and first published by Lindgren Brothers in 1948. The present 1950 edition, published by Lindgren-Turner Company, is an expanded second edition, larger, more lavishly produced, and with more content than the first edition. In any edition, this is one of the hardest-to-find Lindgren maps. References: Rumsey 6786.000. OCLC 276907105.…
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- Title
- A Hysterical Map of Death Valley National Monument Its Lookin' Mighty Low.
- Author
- 1950 Lindgren Humorous Pictorial Map of Death Valley National Monument
- Publication year
- 1950
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- CALIFORNIA-MAPS
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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion, and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk. This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map. Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the IMCOS, and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.…
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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk.
This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map.
Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), Philip Lee Phillips Society, the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the International Map Collectors Society and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.
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