Subject: Newport, Rhode Island
Period: 1946 (dated)
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Color: Printed Color
Size:
23.5 x 15.8 inches
59.7 x 40.1 cm
This is a later edition of a pictorial map by Ruth Lippen Gardinson that was published on behalf of the Armed Forces Recreation Committee. It shows good detail of individual streets, buildings, tourist attractions, and includes a key to 12 points of interest at lower left. The map locates the U.S. Naval War College, Naval Hospital, Fort Adams, and the Newport Yacht Club to name a few. Decorated by a compass rose with north to the left, and a note at bottom "Welcomes All Servicemen!"
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Condition: B+
Issued folding on a bright sheet with some minor manuscript notations in the image.
