{"product_id":"alabama-map-1935-pictorial-print-birmingham-montgomery-mobile","title":"Alabama Map 1935 Pictorial Print - Birmingham, Montgomery, Mobile","description":"\u003cp\u003eRuth Taylor White drew this pictorial map of Alabama 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 9 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. Alabama is shown here through its major cities and its cotton, oil, and coal industries, the identities that most defined the state's economy 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\u003eBirmingham and Montgomery are both marked with their own illustrations, Birmingham tied to its industrial identity as a coal and iron center and Montgomery to its role as state capital. Cotton fields spread across much of the state's farmland, the crop that had anchored Alabama's economy for generations. Oil production and coal mining round out the map's industrial imagery, reflecting the state's shift toward mineral extraction alongside its older agricultural base. Musical traditions and corn and sweet-potato farming are illustrated as well, filling out a picture of a state balanced between old and new industries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn Alabama family with roots in Birmingham, Montgomery, or the state's cotton counties 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 Alabama to a conventional antique survey. The store's other Alabama editions include Cram's 1878 sheet paired with Georgia and Bradford's 1838 atlas, 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":58514753257803,"sku":"1532-16x20","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 (42x60cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514753290571,"sku":"1532-A2","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514753323339,"sku":"1532-18x24","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x70 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514753356107,"sku":"1532-50x70","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (60x84cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514753388875,"sku":"1532-A1","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x32 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514753421643,"sku":"1532-24x32","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"70x100 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514753454411,"sku":"1532-70x100","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"75x100 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514753487179,"sku":"1532-75x100","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0 (84x119cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514753519947,"sku":"1532-A0","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/2456\/5323\/files\/SKU1532.jpg?v=1789683709","url":"https:\/\/www.themapvault.com\/products\/alabama-map-1935-pictorial-print-birmingham-montgomery-mobile","provider":"TheMapVault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}