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Oil in America: a pictorial story of the petroleum industry in the United States

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Title:
Oil in America: a pictorial story of the petroleum industry in the United States
Alternate Title:
Oil in America
Collection:
Persuasive Cartography: The PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Standard Oil Company (New Jersey)
Other Creators:
General Drafting Co., Inc.
Date:
1957
Posted Date:
2015-08-25
ID Number:
1358.01
Collection Number:
8548
File Name:
PJM_1358_01.jpg
Style/Period:
1940 - 1959
Work Type:
maps
prints (visual works)
Materials/Techniques:
printing
Subject:
Advertising & Promotion
Pictorial
Measurement:
62 x 86 (centimeters, height x width)
Notes:
A promotional map for Standard Oil Company, describing pictorially "The extent of petroleum's contribution to the American standard of living." For each state, there is at least one illustration - seven for California! - of the benefits from petroleum products, from traditional oil and gasoline to pesticides, pharmaceuticals, rubber, coatings and a compound that "controls lice, ticks and flies on sheep." The map itself and the verso contain extensive essays on the historical and contemporary use of petroleum products in various aspects of American life.

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Source:
Published by General Drafting 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
Format:
Image
Rights:
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