COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Randall, Ida Schmid
Author:
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Date:
1938
Short Title:
Map of memorials of a famous woman Frances E. Willard
Publisher:
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Publisher Location:
U.S.
Type:
Fabric Map
Obj Height cm:
72
Obj Width cm:
94
Scale 1:
None shown
Note:
The Willard Centenary Souvenir cloth map of the United States. One of 8,800 produced for the 1939 centenary of Frances Willard’s birth, the Founder and president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union from 1879 until her death in 1898. The maps were advertised in the Union Signal, the WCTU’s national weekly newspaper, starting in mid-1938, and went on sale for the first time at the National WCTU Convention in San Francisco in August, 1938. The “cut” from which the map was printed was produced by Mr. M. Hermas of Evanston, and the maps were produced by Waverly Fabrics, in New York. Pictorial map printed in brown on rectangle of cream-colored cotton. Drawn by Ida Schmid Randall, artist, architect, and cartographer and was produced by the WCTU to commemorate the 1939 centenary of Willard’s birth. Includes sketch of Willard as a young woman is at the center top and seal of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union at the center bottom. Map showing state boundaries with location of structure that had been named in honor of Frances E. Willard. Includes vignettes of buildings at the upper and lower panels and full listing of all 263 buildings, statues, plaques, trees, drinking-fountains, and stained-glass windows, schools and parks in both sides.
Country:
United States
Subject:
Pictorial map
Full Title:
Map of memorials of a famous woman Frances E. Willard. Author Ida Schmid Randall. Copyright by National Woman's Christian Temperance Union. August 1st 1938.
List No:
11766.000
Publication Author:
Randall, Ida Schmid
Publication Author:
Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
Pub Date:
1938
Pub Title:
Map of memorials of a famous woman Frances E. Willard. Author Ida Schmid Randall. Copyright by National Woman's Christian Temperance Union. August 1st 1938.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
11766.000
Pub Type:
Fabric Map
Pub Height cm:
72
Pub Width cm:
94
Image No:
11766000.jp2
Authors:
Randall, Ida Schmid; Woman's Christian Temperance Union.
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