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Texan's Map of U.S.A.

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Title:
Texan's Map of U.S.A.
Alternate Title:
Texan's Map of U.S.A.
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Unknown
Date:
1950
Posted Date:
2017-04-14
ID Number:
1342.01
Collection Number:
8548
File Name:
PJM_1342_01.jpg
Style/Period:
1940 - 1959
Subject:
Bias
Pictorial
Ethnocentrism
Measurement:
27 x 42 (centimeters, height x width)
Notes:
A satirical map of Texas, possibly hand drawn, that may be the basis for a variety of later versions. Texas extends from the Mississippi to the Rockies and north to Canada, and all of the northeast is "Damn Yank Territory." Texas has the largest, richest, and finest of everything: wheat and gas fields, mohair, bridges, sulfur beds, refineries, shipyards, ranches, seaports, air bases, piney woods, monuments - and of course, the biggest fish stories and the prettiest girls. Other states are the subject of bad jokes (Spudiho; Cheese [Wisconsin]) and insults (Liarland [California]; Greaserland [New Mexico]; Cracker Swamps [Florida]; Lousyanna).

Date is estimated.

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Cite As:
P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Archival Collection:
P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
Format:
Image
Rights:
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