{"product_id":"california-map-1935-pictorial-print-los-angeles-san-francisco-sacramento","title":"California Map 1935 Pictorial Print - Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento","description":"\u003cp\u003eRuth Taylor White drew this pictorial map of California 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 17 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. California is shown here through its natural landmarks, its agriculture, and its film industry, the three 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\u003eThe Sierra Nevada mountains and Lake Tahoe are both illustrated as major natural landmarks, drawing recreational visitors even at this early date. The coast is shown with surfing and sailing scenes, while Napa Valley and the Central Valley carry illustrations of wine and olive production. Los Angeles is marked with Hollywood imagery, reflecting the city's already-dominant role in American filmmaking by the 1930s. Together the mountains, the coastal recreation, the valley agriculture, and the Hollywood imagery sketch a California defined by an unusually wide range of industries and landscapes packed into a single state.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA California family with roots in the Central Valley, the coast, or Hollywood itself 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 California to a conventional antique survey. The store's other California editions include the 1857, 1878, and 1893 printings, all 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":58514774917451,"sku":"1529-16x20","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 (42x60cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514774950219,"sku":"1529-A2","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514774982987,"sku":"1529-18x24","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x70 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514775015755,"sku":"1529-50x70","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (60x84cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514775048523,"sku":"1529-A1","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x32 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514775081291,"sku":"1529-24x32","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"70x100 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514775114059,"sku":"1529-70x100","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"75x100 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514775146827,"sku":"1529-75x100","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0 (84x119cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514775179595,"sku":"1529-A0","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/2456\/5323\/files\/SKU1529.jpg?v=1789683719","url":"https:\/\/www.themapvault.com\/products\/california-map-1935-pictorial-print-los-angeles-san-francisco-sacramento","provider":"TheMapVault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}