This is a standard Rand McNally World map repurposed and overprinted as an advertisement for “Rea & Co. Pork and Beef Packers, Pittsburg.” Advertisements appear in relatively vacant spaces, three in the open sea and one in Greenland: “Cold Test Miners’ Oil is a Ready Seller;” “REA’s Yankee Pig Hams Lead All the Rest;” and “Matchless Pure Lard Made From Yankee Pigs. The best on the Market.”
The verso, ID #2384.02, contains two additional, smaller standard Rand McNally maps, West Indies and Cuba, also overprinted with ads: “Home Dressed Beef, Mutton and Pork;” “Yankee Pig Hams, the Finest on the Market;” and the address of Rea & Co. in Pittsburg.
The copyright date on the original map is 1892, but it is known to have appeared in Rand McNally atlases in 1897 and 1898 and may have been used later.
For other maps in the collection using the same technique, Search > "Repurposed." Cornell University Library is pleased to present this digital collection of Persuasive Maps, the originals of which have been collected and described by the private collector PJ Mode. The descriptive information in the “Collector’s Notes” has been supplied by Mr. Mode and does not necessarily reflect the views of Cornell University.
