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Auction 197, Lot 281

"New Edition Pocket Map of Memphis with 283,225 Population, Properly Scaled, Giving New Street Names, New City Limits, Etc.",

Subject: Memphis, Tennessee

Period: 1936 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
21.5 x 21.8 inches
54.6 x 55.4 cm
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This detailed map of the city presents the street-grid pattern extending from Riverside Park north to the Wolf River and from the Mississippi River east to beyond Robert Galloway Park. Color overprinting indicates highways (red) along with street cars and buses (green). The verso contains a skyline view of the city and extensive 1936 statistics on the city and its economy showing the dramatic impact of the Depression. Printed by the C.A. Davis Printing Company. Self-folding (3.7 x 8.2”). We found only one institutional example on OCLC for this issue.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with minor creasing and a couple of tiny splits along the fold lines.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 4/24/2024

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