Subject: United States
Period: 1932 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Printed Color
Size:
13.8 x 9.3 inches
35.1 x 23.6 cm
This small pictorial map features Disney characters in little vignettes representative of each state including Mickey Mouse mining in Nevada, Goofy cutting hay in North Dakota, and Donald Duck rushing to fix an oil gusher in Oklahoma. Names and locates state capitals with a summary table at bottom. Hornsby notes that as early as the 1930's, Walt Disney "recognized the importance of pictorial maps in advertising his cartoon characters."
References: Hornsby (Picturing America) p. 60 & p. 244.
Condition: A
The map is bright, issued folding, with a few tiny separations along the folds and light wear along the central fold.
