The Commission
- Title:
- The Commission
- Alternate Title:
- The Commission
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Flora, Jim
- Date:
- 1967
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 2077.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_2077_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1960 - Present
- Subject:
- Poverty/Prostitution/Crime
Satirical
Pictorial - Measurement:
- 35 x 52 page (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- This map is part of a series of articles in Life Magazine, headlined "The Brazen Empire of Organized Crime," "The Crime Cartel," and "The Mob." "This cartoon map shows how organized crime spans and penetrates the country, with interests ranging from extortion, narcotics, prostitution, loan-sharking and every conceivable form of gambling to hijacking, bootlegging and murder for hire," as well as "muscling into such various enterprises as banking, music recording, trucking, garbage collecting and undertaking." Pictures of leading crime figures surround the map, including Meyer Lansky and the heads of the Five New York Crime Families.
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact - Source:
- Life Magazine, September 1, 1967, pp. 20-21.
- 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:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.