{"product_id":"pennsylvania-map-1935-pictorial-print-philadelphia-pittsburgh-harrisburg","title":"Pennsylvania Map 1935 Pictorial Print - Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg","description":"\u003cp\u003eRuth Taylor White drew this pictorial map of Pennsylvania for Our U.S.A., A Gay Geography, a whimsical cartoon atlas published by Little, Brown, and Company in 1935 with text by Frank J. Taylor, covering all 48 states in fifty-eight full-color illustrated sheets. This sheet appears on page 87 of the atlas, printed in bright lithographed color and filled with small hand-drawn scenes rather than any conventional survey detail, a style built to entertain a Depression-era audience as much as inform it. Pennsylvania is shown here through its heavy industry and its role in American history, the identities that most defined the state's popular image in the 1930s. Ruth Taylor White and Frank Taylor built the atlas as a joint effort, her illustrations paired with his short, wry captions, and the finished sheets sold well enough during the Depression that Little, Brown kept the title in print for several years after its first release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCoal mining and steel production are illustrated prominently, reflecting the two industries that had historically driven Pennsylvania's economy. The Liberty Bell is depicted as well, a direct reference to the state's central role in the American Revolution and the country's founding. Rivers and mountain ranges are sketched across the state, giving a sense of the terrain underlying its industrial development. Agricultural scenes fill in the remaining farmland outside the state's industrial centers. Together the coal and steel imagery and the Liberty Bell sketch a Pennsylvania defined by both heavy industry and a deep historical legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnyone with roots in Pennsylvania's coal or steel towns will recognize this map's take on the state immediately, and it makes a distinctive gift for anyone who prefers a whimsical, Depression-era view of Pennsylvania to a conventional antique survey. The store's other Pennsylvania editions include Morse's 1845 sheet with its coal-region inset and Cram's 1878 four-state printing, both standard survey-style cartography; this 1935 Little, Brown sheet is the only pictorial, cartoon-style map of the state the collection carries. It's printed unframed and available in a range of sizes to fit whatever wall it's headed for.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TheMapVault","offers":[{"title":"16x20 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514758205771,"sku":"1549-16x20","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 (42x60cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514758238539,"sku":"1549-A2","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514758271307,"sku":"1549-18x24","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x70 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514758304075,"sku":"1549-50x70","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (60x84cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514758336843,"sku":"1549-A1","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x32 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514758369611,"sku":"1549-24x32","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"70x100 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514758402379,"sku":"1549-70x100","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75x100 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514758435147,"sku":"1549-75x100","price":68.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0 (84x119cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514758467915,"sku":"1549-A0","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/2456\/5323\/files\/SKU1549.jpg?v=1789683666","url":"https:\/\/www.themapvault.com\/en-us\/products\/pennsylvania-map-1935-pictorial-print-philadelphia-pittsburgh-harrisburg","provider":"TheMapVault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}