See All the World Right Here in America
- Alternate Title:
- You Can See All the World Right Here in America! Greyhound Makes It Possible
- Title:
- See All the World Right Here in America
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Greyhound Corporation
- Date:
- 1935
- Posted Date:
- 2015-08-25
- ID Number:
- 1272.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_1272_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1920 - 1939
- Work Type:
- maps
- Materials/Techniques:
- printing
- Subject:
- Advertising & Promotion
Pictorial - Measurement:
- 32 x 60 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- In the depths of the Depression, Greyhound offered travel to "natural wonders, historic shrines, beauty spots, crops and industries of America - all compared with similar places elsewhere throughout the world." For each of 88 numbered foreign sites one might want to visit, Greyhound offers an American alternative: Holland/Holland Michigan Tulip Farms
Shanghai/San Francisco Chinatown
Nile Valley/Texas Cotton Fields
Parthenon, Greece/Parthenon, Nashville. Date is estimated.
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:
- Published by Greyhound Management Company
- 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
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.