New York and Vicinity: The Wanamaker Diary Automobile Road Map.
1917 Wanamaker Map of New York City and its Surrounds
Sold by Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
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Sold by Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member:
AbeBooks Seller since 21 November 2024
Very good. Three-color printing. Original fold lines, mend at juncture of folds in water area not impacting body of map. Size 16 x 24 Inches. This is a fascinating 1917 map of the roads leading to New York City, published by the pioneer merchant and advertiser John Wanamaker. Wanamaker was among the first retailers to recognize the extent to which evolving technology and infrastructure would impact his businesses. When he opened the New York City branch of his Philadelphia-based department store, Wanamaker's, he located with direct access to the newly-opened New York City subway. Additionally, with the explosion of the automobile on the American landscape, Wanamaker was keen to show how easy it would be to drive to the store. A Closer Look The map extends as far east as New London, Connecticut (thus embracing all of Long Island) and as far west as the Delaware River; it reaches as far south as Burlington, New Jersey, and as far north as Barryville, New York (on the Hudson, both Cold Spring and West Point can be seen.) Wanamaker's Diary One of Wanamakers' promotional products was an annual diary. This book contained space for daily entries, often with prompts (January 5: How are the resolutions coming along already?), and elements of an almanac, announcing expected events of the coming year. Other helpful features abounded: 'How to make a kitchen cabinet!' 'How to set a sundial!' Nonetheless, the diary most contained advertisements for Wanamaker's retail offerings. Wanamaker's produced separate Diaries for the New York and the Philadelphia stores, allowing for both regionally-specific features and advertisements. Beginning in 1916, the Philadelphia Diary included a plan of that city, and, beginning in 1917, the New York Diary contained the present map. From 1922, the New York Diary also included a Bird's Eye View of the city, produced by Hammond. The Roads The map is printed in three colors: black outline, green for water, and red for roads. While no route numbers are given, several important early roads are named: the New Jersey portion of the Lincoln Highway (the first transcontinental highway in the United States) is labeled, as is the Long Island Motor Parkway, the first roadway designed exclusively for automobile use. Along the Long Island Sound, the Boston Post Road is labeled. Ferries from Long Island, Connecticut, and Staten Island are marked with red dotted lines. Of course, in Manhattan, both a black bulls-eye and red text highlight Wanamaker's East Village location. A Great War Connection Also in red on Long Island are Camp Mills and Camp Upton. Camp Mills was a military installation established in September 1917 as a staging ground for the Army. It had a capacity of 40,000 soldiers intended for embarkation for Europe during World War I (1914 - 1918). With the end of the war, Camp Mills reversed direction and served to process returning troops. The camp ceased operations in 1920. Camp Upton, too, was created in 1917 to house troops en route to Europe. It would also serve to process demobilized soldiers at the war's end. In 1919 it became a Recruit Educational Center. This was an Army program to train foreign-born, non-English speaking, and illiterate soldiers - primarily immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe - providing an education, eligibility for military service, and naturalization as American citizens. Ironically, at the outbreak of World War II (1939 - 1945), Camp Upton was employed as an internment site for German, Italian, and Japanese citizens who were in New York City at the war's outbreak. Internees remained confined there until 1943, when they were transferred to Fort Meade in Maryland. In 1946, the site was converted into a nuclear research facility, renamed the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Publication History and Census The map was included in Wanamaker's Diary beginning in 1917 until about 1922. As no publisher is named, it was very likely entirely an in-house production by Wanamaker's, who ap.
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