Animated North America
- Title:
- Animated North America
- Alternate Title:
- Animated North America
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Geographical Publishing Co.
- Date:
- 1944
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 2019.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_2019_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1940 - 1959
- Subject:
- Pictorial
Ethnocentrism - Measurement:
- 43 x 37 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- As a "nation of immigrants," Americans have produced persuasive maps addressing the issues of immigration and nationality over most of the country's lifetime. The collection includes a number of these maps published since the 1840s. Some are welcoming, encouraging, and provide advice to immigrants. Some assert that the diversity of our nationalities is a source of strength for the country. And yet others attack immigrants in general, or specific ethnic or religious immigrant groups, particularly Asians, Catholics, and Jews. For the range of these maps, Search > "immigration.”
During the period leading up to World War II and through the end of the war, a number of maps celebrated the unity, strength and confidence of the nation. Many of these were published in leading magazines of the time. The collection includes several examples: ID #1275.01-.04, Life Magazine, “America’s Future” (1939); ID #1288, “America - A Nation of One People From Many Countries” (1940); ID #1314, Esquire Magazine, Miguel Covarrubias (1943); ID #2019, “Animated North America” (1944);ID #1332, Holiday Magazine, “William Gropper’s Folklore Map of America” (1946).
The legend on this map provides 14 symbols of American activity (agriculture, manufacturing, lumbering, textiles, mining, railroad "shops," foundries, education, brick making, paper making, coffee, hides and meat packing) but still more appear on the map (e.g., shoe making in the northeast; canneries in the west).
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact - Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.