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Auction 194, Lot 269

"Hittin' the High Spots in Montana"

Subject: Montana

Period: 1938 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
21.8 x 16.9 inches
55.4 x 42.9 cm
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This rare map of Montana has a unique photographic-pictorial hybrid design. The state is shown as a collage of black & white photographs of scenery, animals, and cowboy and Indigenous life. It is surrounded by illustrated silhouettes of Western iconography and a decorative border. Self-folds into a cartoon cover with cowboys on their horses hopping from mountaintop to mountaintop. Designed by Bob Fletcher, with art work by Irvin "Shorty" Shope (1900-1977), a native of Montana and one of the charter members of the Cowboy Artists of America. Published by Montanans, Incorporated.

References: Rumsey #14466.

Condition: B+

There are a couple small stains in the map image, with one associated hole at bottom left.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $110

Closed on 9/13/2023

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