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You Can See All the World Right Here in America! Greyhound Makes It Possible

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Title:
You Can See All the World Right Here in America! Greyhound Makes It Possible
Alternate Title:
See All the World Right Here in America
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Greyhound Corporation
Date:
1935
Posted Date:
2015-08-25
ID Number:
1272.01
Collection Number:
8548
File Name:
PJM_1272_01.jpg
Style/Period:
1920 - 1939
Work Type:
maps
Materials/Techniques:
printing
Subject:
Advertising & Promotion
Pictorial
Measurement:
32 x 60 (centimeters, height x width)
Notes:
In the depths of the Depression, Greyhound offered travel to "natural wonders, historic shrines, beauty spots, crops and industries of America - all compared with similar places elsewhere throughout the world." For each of 88 numbered foreign sites one might want to visit, Greyhound offers an American alternative, for example:

Holland/Holland Michigan Tulip Farms
Shanghai/San Francisco Chinatown
Nile Valley/Texas Cotton Fields
Parthenon, Greece/Parthenon, Nashville.

Date is estimated.

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:
Published by Greyhound Management Company
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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