{"product_id":"illinois-map-1935-pictorial-print-chicago-springfield-peoria","title":"Illinois Map 1935 Pictorial Print - Chicago, Springfield, Peoria","description":"\u003cp\u003eRuth Taylor White drew this pictorial map of Illinois 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 35 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. Illinois is shown here split between Chicago's urban skyline and the cornfields and livestock that covered most of the rest of the state, the two identities that most shaped its 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\u003eChicago is illustrated with a detailed skyline, emphasizing its status as one of the country's largest and busiest cities. Cornfields and livestock scenes spread across the state's interior, representing the agricultural industry that supported most of Illinois outside the city. Smaller towns and rural areas are each given their own small illustration tied to a local product or activity distinct from Chicago's urban imagery. Together the Chicago skyline and the surrounding farmland sketch an Illinois defined by the contrast between one enormous city and the agricultural state around it. A scattering of smaller river towns along the Illinois and Mississippi is worked into the map as well, tying the downstate farmland back to the waterways that carried its grain to market.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn Illinois family with Chicago or downstate farming roots 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 Illinois to a conventional antique survey. The store's other Illinois editions include Tanner's 1838 and 1841 sheets, Morse's 1845 map, and several Cram 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":58514756337995,"sku":"1519-16x20","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A2 (42x60cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514756370763,"sku":"1519-A2","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"18x24 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514756403531,"sku":"1519-18x24","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"50x70 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514756436299,"sku":"1519-50x70","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A1 (60x84cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514756469067,"sku":"1519-A1","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x32 inch - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514756501835,"sku":"1519-24x32","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"70x100 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514756534603,"sku":"1519-70x100","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"75x100 cm - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514756567371,"sku":"1519-75x100","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"A0 (84x119cm) - UNFRAMED","offer_id":58514756600139,"sku":"1519-A0","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/2456\/5323\/files\/SKU1519.jpg?v=1789683733","url":"https:\/\/www.themapvault.com\/products\/illinois-map-1935-pictorial-print-chicago-springfield-peoria","provider":"TheMapVault","version":"1.0","type":"link"}