United States Pictorial Map Collection

Accession Number: SC-M 24
Location: RB-M
Dates: 1779-1989
Size: 136 maps
Creator/Collector: SLPL staff
Acquisition info: SLPL staff
Accruals: No accruals expected
Custodial history: SLPL staff
Language: English
Processed by: Melissa Miller, February 2018
Conservation notes: Maps placed in oversize folders
Scope and Content: The collection contains pictorial maps on various locations and subject areas within the United States.
Arrangement: Collection organized alphabetically by location
Restrictions: No restrictions
Remarks: Housed in the Map Room

United States Pictorial Map Collection
1779-1989
136 maps

Box/Folder Description
1/1 Finding Aid
Alaska 

-Alaska; Published by Informative Classroom Picture Publications; n/d; color

-Pictorial Map of Alaska; Designed by Ernest Dudley Chase; 1959; color

Arizona

-Arizona Welcomes You; Published by Arizona Highways; Designed by George M. Avey; 1940; color

-Grand Canyon of Arizona; 1957; color

Arkansas

-Little Rock and North Little Rock; Published by Archar Inc.; Designed by AJ Casson; 1974; color

California

-General Map of California during Spanish and Mexico Occupation, 1542-1847; n/d; color

-The Seventeen Mile Drive; Designed by Jo Mora; n/d; color

-"To His Excellency, the Count of Monterrey…"; Designed by Jo Mora; n/d; color

Colorado

-Remarkable and Correct Road Map of Colorado; Published by Clason Pub. Co.; Designed by Harry Miller Jr.; 1930; color

Connecticut

-Commonwealth of Connecticut; Published by Children’s Bookshop; Designed by Amy Dreuenstedt; 1926; color

-New Haven; Published by Edward P. Judd Co.; Designed by Carina Eaglefield Mortimer; 1928; color

Florida

-Florida; Published by Geographical Publishing Co.; [1940]; color

-Resource Map of Florida; Published by the Department of Agriculture; Designed by HH Green; 1928; color

Hawaii

-Island of Hawaii; Designed by Ruth Taylor White; n/d; color

-Island of Kauai; Designed by Ruth Taylor White; n/d; color

-Island of Maui; Designed by Ruth Taylor White; n/d; color

-Island of Oahu; Designed by Ruth Taylor White; n/d; color

-Map of Honolulu and the Sandwich Islands Which We Now Call the Hawaiian Islands; Published by Henry M. Snyder; Designed by AS MacLeod; 1927; color

-Pictorial Map of the Hawaiian Islands; Designed by Ernest Dudley Chase; 1960; color

Idaho

-Panoramic Perspective of the Area Adjacent to Sun Valley Lodge; Published by the Union Pacific Railroad; Designed by W. Willmarth; n/d; color

Illinois

-Chicago: The Greatest Inland City in the World; Published by Colortext; 1938; color

-Chicago USA; Published by Houghton Mifflin; Designed by Charles Turzak and Henry T. Chapman; 1931; color

-Historical and Geographical Map of the State of Illinois; Designed by Karl Smith; 1934; color

-Illinois; Published by the Mentholatum Co.; Designed by RT Aitchison; 1938; color (2)

-Map of Chicago Gangland; Published by Bruce Roberts Inc.; 1911; color

-Map of Chicago One Hundred Years Ago; Designed by Walter Conley and OE Stelzer; 1933; color

Indiana

-Historical and Geographical Map of the State of Indiana; Designed by Karl Smith; 1934; color

Kentucky

-Civil War in Kentucky; Published by the Kentucky Tourist and Travel Division; Designed by Sandman; n/d; color

-Historical and Geographical Map of the State of Kentucky; Designed by Karl Smith; 1933; color

-Kentucky; Designed by Karl Smith; 1942; color

Louisiana

-Le Vieux Carre de la Nouvelle Orleans Over a Span of Many Years [New Orleans]; Designed by Lucille Gillian and Louis Andrews; 1928; color

Maryland

-Historical and Literary Map of the Old Line State of Maryland; Published by Enoch Pratt Free Library; Designed by Edwin Tunis; 1931; color

Massachusetts

-Boston; Published by Houghton Mifflin; Designed by Edwin Olsen and Blake Clark; 1926; color

-Boston: Ancient and Modern in Picture and Story; Designed by James O. Fagan; 1928; color

-Boston (Massachusetts) and Vicinity: A Pictorial Map; Designed by Ernest Dudley Chase; 1938; b/w

-Cape Cod; Designed by Melanie Elisabeth Leonard; 1926; color

-Cape Cod Massachusetts and the Reaches of the Cape; Published by Colonial Craftsmen; 1939; color

-Historic Massachusetts; Published by the Massachusetts Department of Commerce; Designed by Ernest Dudley Chase; n/d; color

-Map of Old Boston in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; Designed by Charles R. Capon; 1929; color

-Massachusetts: The Old Bay State; Published by Graphic History Association; Designed by Elizabeth Shurtleff; 1930; color

-Pictorial Map of Cape Ann and the North Shore; Published by Houghton Mifflin; Designed by Errol W. Goff; 1934; color

-Pictorial Map of Massachusetts; Published by RR Bowker; Designed by Harold Haven Brown; 1930; color

-Port of Salem, Massachusetts; Published by Tudor Press; Designed by Warren H. Butler; 1930; color

-This Map Presents a Bostonian’s View of the USA; Designed by Daniel K. Wallingford; n/d; b/w

Michigan

-Isle Royale; Published by Edwards Art Service; Designed by Elmer OC Krause; 1939; color

Military

-Pictorial Map of Scenes in and around Army-Slang; Published and Designed by Ernest Dudley Chase; 1943; color

Missouri

-Aerial Map of St. Louis and Vicinity; Published by the Adult Education Council of Greater St. Louis; Designed by Owen Klooster; 1946; color (3)

-Country Club District [Kansas City]; Published and Designed by JC Nichols Companies; 1930; color

-Downtown St. Louis Showing Structures Reinforced with Rail Steelbars Manufactured and Fabricated by Laclede Steel Co.; Published by Laclede Steel Co.; n/d; b/w

-Historic, Scenic Missouri; Published by Pictorial Map Co.; Designed by MM Drake; 1930; color (2)

-Missouri; Published by the Mentholatum Company; Designed by RT Aitchison; 1939; color (2)

-St. Louis; Published by the AAA Auto Club of Missouri; 1989; b/w

-This Is St. Louis!; Published by KidsPlace: St. Louis; Designed by Michael Kilfoy and RJ Shay; 1989; color (2)

Montana

-Frontier, Pioneer Montana; Published by the Montana State Highway Department; Designed by Irvin Shope; 1937; b/w and color (2 separate maps)

Native Americans

-The Arrowhead; Designed by Mrs. CH Stewart; 1929; color

-Indian Tribes and Trapper Trails; Designed by James F. and Evelyn Gardiner; 1949; color

Nebraska

-Outdoor Nebraska; Published by the Game, Forestation, and Parks Commission; Designed by Carl J. Christiansen; n/d; color

New Jersey

-Romance Map of New Jersey; Published by Romance Map; Designed by Mildred C. Green; 1935; color

New Mexico

-Historic Trails through New Mexico; Published by the New Mexico State Tourist Bureau; 1956; color

New York

-The Empire State; Published by the New York State Hotel Association; Designed by Bertrand T. Fay; 1932; color

-Five Historic Towns of Otsego County, New York; Designed by MS Cockett; 1926; color

-Island of Manhattan from the Battery to 59th St.; Designed by Kris Klitgaard; n/d; color

-Manhattan; Published by SM Stanley Co.; Designed by CE Millard; 1933; color

-Map of New York; Published by the Washington Square Book Shop; Designed by Joseph B. Platt; 1925; color

-Map of New York in the Air; Published by Coward McCann Inc.; Designed by Melanie Elisabeth Leonard; 1928; color

-Map of the History of New York State; Published by RR Bowker; Designed by Paul M. Paine; 1928; color

-New York, Long Island, and the Coast of Connecticut; Published and Designed by Coulton Waugh; 1928; color

-A New Yorker’s Idea of the USA; Designed by Daniel K. Wallingford; n/d; b/w (2)

-Plan of the City of New York in the Yeare [sic] 1664; Designed by Franklin Bittner; n/d; color

-Plan of the Pan-American Exposition; Published by Gies & Co.; Designed by the Pan-American Exposition Co.; 1900; color

-Romance Map of the Finger Lakes Region of Central New York; Published by Romance Map; Designed by CM Platsted; 1934; color

-Romance Map of the Hudson River Valley; Published by Rand McNally; Designed by Marguerite Hess Parrish; 1937; color

-Romance Map of the Niagara Frontier; Published by Whitney-Graham Company; Designed by Mildred C. Green; n/d; color

-Romance Map of the North Country [New York]; Published by the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences; Designed by N. Jane Phelps; supplement included; n/d; color

-Romance Map of the Northern Gateway; Published by Holling Press, Inc.; Designed by C. Eleanor Hall; 1934; color

North Carolina

-Historical and Geographical Map of the State of North Carolina; Designed by Karl Smith; 1934; color

North Dakota

-North Dakota Literary Trails; Designed by Hazel Webster Byrnes; 1932; b/w

Ohio

-Being a Cartograph of Ohio; Published by the Ohio Commission to a Century of Progress International Exposition; 1933; color

Oregon

-Oregon; Published by the American Association of University Women; Designed by Doris Wildman; n/d; color

Pennsylvania

-Historical Map Showing the Location of Miquon, the Home of the Hamilton Papers; Published by WC Hamilton & Sons; n/d; color

-Philadelphia; Published by Hougton Mifflin Co.; 1926; color

Rhode Island

-Newport and the Historic Island of Rhode Island; Published by Mount Hope Bridge Corporation; 1949; color Trails/Routes/Highways

-Jefferson Davis National Highway; Published by the United Daughters of the Confederacy; 1935; color

-Oregon Trail; Designed by WF McIlwraith; 1932; color

-Route of the Mormon Pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake; Published by the Denver Lith. Co.; Designed by Millroy and Hayes; 1899; color

-Map of the Louis and Clark Expedition to Illustrate "Star of the West"; Designed by Edward C. Caswell; n/d; color United States

-Booklovers’ Map of America; Published by RR Bowker; Designed by Paul M. Paine; 1926; color

-Bootleggers Map of the United States; Published by Griswold Press; Designed by Edward McCandish; 1926; b/w

-Chart of the History of Printing in America; Published by McCormick-Armstrong Co.; Designed by RT Aitchison; 1932; color

-Conquest of a Continent; Published by the Bureau of Engraving Inc.; Designed by August Kaiser; 1933; color

-Dewey Decimal Map of the United States; Published by RR Bowker; Designed by Bertine E. Weston; n/d; color

-Eastern United States; Published by Harper and Bros.; Designed by Griswold Tyng; 1926; color

-Greatness of the United States is Founded on Agriculture; Published by Armour & Co.; 1922; color

-Heraldic Map of the United States; Published by Pergamon Press; Designed by Conrad Swan and JCG George; 1969; color

-History, Lore, and Legend of the Rivers of America; Published by Farrar and Rinehart; Designed by Ernest Clegg; 1942; color

-How the United States Came into Possession of the Northwest Territory; Published by the Northwest Territory Celebration Commission; n/d; color (2)

-Makers of the USA; Published by Friendship Press; Designed by Louise E. Jefferson; 1943; color

-Map of Good Stories; Designed by Paul M. Paine; 1931; b/w

-A Map of Sinclair Lewis’ United States as It Appears in His Novels; Designed by George Annand; Notes by Carl Van Doren; n/d; color

-Medicinal Plant Map of the United States; Published by the National Wholesale Druggists’ Association; 1932; color

-New England and New York; Designed by F. Lamb Scup; Reproduced by Hammond; n/d; color

-Paul Bunyan’s Pictorial Map of the United States; Published by Brown and Bigelow; Designed by RD Handy; 1935; color

-Picture Map Geography of the United States; Published by Frederick A. Stokes Co.; Designed by Paul Spener Johst; 1931; color

-Public Works Administration in Action; Published by the United States Geological Survey; Designed by CHW; n/d; color

-Public Works Administration Rebuilds the Nation; Published by the Division of Information, Federal Public Works Administration; Designed by Earl Purdy; n/d; color

-Synchronic Chart Illustrating the Course of US History; Published by Windsor Publishing; Designed by George E. Croscup; 1910; color

-These United States: A Pictorial History of Our American Heritage; Published by Pictorial Map Co.; Designed by RH de Grange; 1949; color

-This Amazing America; Published by the Greyhound Corp.; 1941; color

-United States; Published by General Drafting Co.; n/d; in Spanish, Japanese, and Russian; color (3 separate maps)

-United States of America; Designed by Ernest Dudley Chase; 1935; b/w

-United States and Possessions, Including Alaska and Hawaii; Published by Linweave; Designed by Karl Smith; 1959; color

-United States Showing Boundaries Established after the Louisiana Purchase and Florida Acquisition; Published by Linweave; Designed by Karl Smith; 1958; color

-Virginia and Florida; Reproduced by Hammond; n/d; in Latin; color

-Historical Map of Virginia; Published by A. Hoen & Co.; Designed by Charles W. Smith; 1930; color War

-Campaigns of the Civil War; Published by Hammond; 1961; color

-Era of the American Revolution; Published by Rand McNally; Designed by George Armstrong; 1973; color

- Historical Map of the American Expeditionary Force; Published by Herbick & Held Printing Co.; Designed by Ezra C. Stiles; History Notes by Paul C. Bowman; 1932; color

-Northwest Territory during the Revolution; Published by Strobridge Litho. Co.; Designed by HA Ogden; 1930; color

-Theatre of War in America; Designed by L. Denis; Reproduction; 1779; in French; color

-United States and Canada; Reproduced by Hammond; n/d; in French; color

-United States at the Close of the Revolutionary War; Published by Linweave; Designed by Karl Smith; 1957; color

-United States Showing Boundaries at the Close of the Civil War; Published by Linweave; Designed by Karl Smith; 1959; color

Washington, DC

-Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia Showing the Architecture and History from the Most Acient Times down to the Present; Published by Houghton Mifflin; Designed by Edwin Olsen and Blake Clark; 1926; color

-Romance Map of the City of Washington; Designed by Susan Baker and Roberta Tull; 1938; color

Wisconsin

-Historical Map of Madison; Published by Colt Studio of Commercial Art; Designed by Laura Kremers; n/d; color

Wyoming

-Yellowstone; Designed by Jo Mora Maps; 1931; b/w

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