Washington Map 1935 Pictorial Print - Seattle, Spokane, Mount Rainier

The Cascade Range dominates Washington's page in Our U.S.A. A Gay Geography, with Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Baker rising above scenes of logging, apple picking, and fishing, while Seattle and Spokane appear as the state's principal cities. Little, Brown and Company published the atlas in 1935 with narrative text by Frank J. Taylor, and every one of its forty-eight state pages was illustrated by Ruth Taylor White, trained at the Pratt Institute of Art and the Art Students League. Washington sits at the northern edge of the Pacific coast, and in 1935 its economy depended heavily on timber, fishing, and the orchards of the Yakima valley, industries that carried the state through the Depression's leaner years even as its port cities kept growing.

Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Baker are each illustrated along the Cascade Range, marking the volcanic spine that divides the state. Puget Sound is shown busy with maritime activity, reflecting its role in Washington's economy and daily life, while Seattle and Spokane are drawn as bustling city scenes set against the smaller, rural towns around them. Apple picking is placed at Yakima, logging figures appear in the forested west, and fishing scenes line the coast. Skiers and hikers are worked into the mountain scenery as well, a reminder that recreation was already part of the state's appeal by the 1930s. Vancouver Island and the Canadian border appear at the map's northern edge, underscoring the state's position on the Pacific frontier.

Roots on the Puget Sound or in the Yakima valley, a move away from Seattle or Spokane with the mountains still missed, or a steady collector working through this 1935 series one state at a time — any one of these makes the map a fit. Its lively, illustrated style makes Washington's mountains and industries feel current rather than academic, a fun companion piece to the state's more conventional maps. It is available unframed in a range of sizes, from a small study print to a larger piece for an office or living room wall.