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Owens, Charles
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Pictorial map from the July 24, 1943 issue of Oregon Journal. By Los Angeles Times artist Charles Owens. Depicts the latest war developments in Europe with arrows and text pointing our strategic places and events. Shows a large swastika marking Germany as bomber airplanes fan out from London toward Denmark, Berlin, Nuremberg, Turin and Brest. Relief shown pictorially. Includes text.
Author
Romer
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Color map of port of New York, centerfold for the April 17, 1938 issue of Sunday News (NYC). A celebration of the Port of New York. "It's quite a yard, this port of New York, with its Miss Liberty extending a welcome to ships whose total tonnage is exceeded in no other port of the world ..." Depth shown by bathymetric tints. Map showing roads, railroads, bridges, canals and light houses. Includes text and decorative compass rose.
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Burke, Howard
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Color pictorial map from the Los Angeles Examiner Pictorial Review section, by Los Angeles Examiner artist Howard Burke. Published by Los Angeles Examiner. Los Angeles. 08-10- 1943. Showing a bird's eye view of Kiska Island. Depicts fighter jets with naval bases. Text at lower right provides an overview of the strategic location of the island.
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Herald American
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Color map from Herald American Pictorial Review August 1942. with 6 insets. The polar projection of this map effectively shows the proximity of Alaska and the Asian theater of war. " The Second World War saw a revival in popular interest in geography and maps; this interest was further fueled by the new "aviation era" maps produced by mapmakers such as Richard Edes Harrison, and their inclusion in newspapers around the States.
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Hukkala, G.
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Color map, from the Detroit Times, Sunday, April 19, 1936. By G. Hukkala. with photographic image of Hitler in the center. Map shows the former colonial possessions of Germany scattered through Africa, Asia and the Pacific. At upper right is an inset map of Germany with the territory of Alsace Lorraine and a portion of Poland cross hatched. The subtitle continues "Has told world that Fatherland needs old colonies for expansion. Small map shows the pre-war Germany [ie pre World War I]. With his nation rearmed and the Rhineland reoccupied, worried Europe now fears Hitler will try to force restoration of rich colonial empire." A powerful summation of the forces that lead up to the outbreak of World War II, both in Europe and Asia.
Author
Burke, Howard
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Color map from the Los Angeles Examiner Pictorial Review section, Sept. 29, 1942. Illustrated by Howard Burke. With 2 inset maps: Manchukuo and Soviet Russia. Shows battle fields, naval and air force areas, roads and railroads. Includes informative text and overview of the geopolitical situation of the area.
Author
Burke, Howard
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Two color maps, published on newspaper sheet by San Francisco Examiner, 04,09,1945. Illustrated by Howard Burke & Kelly. Depicts fighter jets with naval forces in the area of the Kerama Islands and Naha. The importance of the battle for Okinawa is laid out in the smaller map at upper left and in the accompanying text: "The invasion of this important base caused a Japanese cabinet to fall, and when Okinawa is in full operation by the Allies it may cause the fall of Japan."
Author
Burke, Howard
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Color map, published on newspaper sheet by San Francisco Examiner, May 28, 1945. Illustrated by Howard Burke. Covers China, Korea, Philippine Islands and Taiwan. Includes informative text and overview of the geopolitical situation.
Author
Burke, Howard
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Color pictorial map, front page of the San Francisco Examiner Pictorial Review section. Illustrated by Howard Burke, focuses on eastern hemisphere, with bird's eye view inset map of Singapore and a vignette illustration at the lower left corner of elephants and temple. Japan and Japanese occupied areas are shown in red. Includes informative text and small pictographs provide an effective overview of the geopolitical situation. Includes legend. Relief shown pictorially.
Author
Sundberg, Edwin L.
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Shows country affiliations with the United Nations (UN).
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Sundberg, Edwin L.
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Shows state flowers/plants.
Author
Sundberg, Edwin L.
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Western half missing.
Author
Sundberg, Edwin L.
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Other three sections missing.
Author
Sundberg, Edwin L.
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2 maps on one sheet.
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