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Mapping Best Picture

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Title:
Mapping Best Picture
Alternate Title:
Mapping Best Picture
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Berg, Rebecca; Dobbins, Amanda & Sundermann, Eric
Date:
2012
Posted Date:
2017-04-14
ID Number:
2252.01
Collection Number:
8548
File Name:
PJM_2252_01.jpg
Style/Period:
1960 - Present
Subject:
New York City
Unusual Graphics/Text
Ethnocentrism
Measurement:
27 x 40 (centimeters, height x width)
Notes:
A cartogram showing locations by size of places where 493 films nominated for Best Picture by the Motion Picture Academy were set. Not surprisingly, given the source of the map, films set in New York City were the overwhelming winner.

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Source:
New York Magazine, February 6, 2012, pp. 80-81.
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.

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