Contributed by Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education
Description
An example of the popular tourist maps made in the first half of twentieth century, this Art Deco design is populated by rabbits, roosters, chickens, turkeys, cattle, a moose or two, bears, deer, and fish. Fishing, lumber, quarry and tourist industries are highlighted. Native American history is respectfully presented. Henry David Thoreau’s visit in 1883 to Little Kineo Mtn., to the north, is noted, as is the 1789 purchase of one million acres of land by “General” William Bingham, of Pennsylvania, a weapons and munitions dealer, one of the richest men in America during the Revolutionary era.
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About This Item
- Title: The Moosehead Lake Region map, 1931
- Creator: Helen Prentiss Huckins
- Creation Date: 1931
- Subject Date: 1931
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Locations:
- Piscataquis County, ME
- Somerset County, ME
- Media: Lithograph
- Dimensions: 71 cm x 47 cm
- Local Code: 43635 (OML-1931-98)
- Collection: Osher Map Library Sheet Map Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic EducationUniversity of Southern Maine, Glickman Library, PO Box 9300, Portland, ME 04014
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