COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
White, Ruth Taylor
Author:
Western Air Express Corporation
Author:
Funk & Wagnalls Company.
Date:
1929
Short Title:
Cartograph of Southern California
Publisher:
Western Air Express
Publisher Location:
Los Angeles, Ca.
Type:
Pocket Map
Obj Height cm:
24
Obj Width cm:
21
Scale 1:
None shown
Note:
Pictorial map, 24x20.5 folded into self cover 18.5x10.5, with its original air mail envelope "A cartograph commemorating Southern California's third air mail anniversary April 17, 1929. Date estimated. When opened a 2-dimensional airplane pops up above the map. Shows buildings, scenic areas, points of interest, missions, boats, fish and in the ocean, land and water activities. This is a promotional map for Western Air Express airlines. with text on cover of brochure: "Three years old! and one hundred times around the world! A whimsical reminder that now you are only a hop, skip and jump from Sunny Southern California, if you travel by air. Incidentally, Western Air Express air-mail planes have flown 2,500,000 miles -- 100 times around the world -- between Southern California and Eastern points, with a performance 99.6% perfect. Now that it is so easy to come to California, come often. A hand written note on verso of map.
State/Province:
California
Region:
Southern California
Subject:
Pictorial map
Subject:
Airlines
Full Title:
Cartograph of Southern California : showing how the land of sunshine has become so air-minded that everybody flies hither and yon and yon and hither. Cartograph by Ruth t. White. (cover title) Three years old! and one hundred time around the world.(envelope title) A cartograph commemorating Southern California's third air mail anniversary April 17, 1929.
List No:
8253.003
Series No:
3
Publication Author:
White, Ruth Taylor
Publication Author:
Western Air Express Corporation
Pub Date:
1929
Pub Title:
Cartograph of Southern California : showing how the land of sunshine has become so air-minded that everybody flies hither and yon and yon and hither. Cartograph by Ruth t. White. (cover title) Three years old! and one hundred time around the world.(envelope title) A cartograph commemorating Southern California's third air mail anniversary April 17, 1929.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
8253.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Height cm:
19
Pub Width cm:
11
Image No:
8253003.jp2
Authors:
White, Ruth Taylor; Western Air Express Corporation
