Cornell University Library Digital Collections
Cartoon Map of New York City
- Title:
- Cartoon Map of New York City
- Alternate Title:
- Cartoon Map of New York City
- Collection:
- Persuasive Cartography: The PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Salloch, Henry E. (Heinz)
- Date:
- 1938
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 2159.01
- File Name:
- PJM_2159_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1920 - 1939
- Subject:
- New York City
Pictorial
Slavery/Race
Bias
- Measurement:
- 30 x 66 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- "The tourist maps of New York in the 1930s visually represented the city as the capital of cultural pluralism, emphasizing the site of both American and 'foreign' cultures a tourist might visit." Blake 2006, 174. "Salloch's tourist map represented the culmination of depictions of New York's neighborhoods as amusing, easily navigable sites where the historic sites and 'ethnic types' shown were available for consumption." Ibid. 172. On first glance, the traditional New York neighborhoods on this map seem filled with stereotypes now found offensive: Chinatown, Ghetto, "Italian Quarters," "Spanish Colony," Harlem. In fact, Salloch was a German artist who fled to the US in 1937 to avoid the Nazis (http://www.georgeglazer.com/maps/newyorkmaps/cartoonnyc.html, accessed August 21, 2016), and he was celebrating his new nation.
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
- Source:
- Hogner, Nils & Guy Scott. 1938. Cartoon Guide of New York City. New York: J.J. Augustin.
- Repository:
- Private Collection of PJ Mode
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.
