Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Tenth Olympic Games Los Angeles, California, July 30 - Aug. 14 '32.
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Author:
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Atwood, Mary Hall (1894-1950)
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Date:
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1932
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Short Title:
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Tenth Olympic Games Los Angeles, California, July 30 - Aug. 14 '32.
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Publisher:
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Union Oil Company
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Publisher Location:
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Los Angeles
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Type:
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Separate Map
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Obj Height cm:
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49
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Obj Width cm:
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62
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Note:
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Strip maps on margins. Olympic venues described and mapped. The full sheet map is a schematic bird's eye view style map of the Greater Los Angeles area with Olympic venues marked eg. bicycle start and finish, rowing course, Olympic village. The attractive border shows routes to Los Angeles from the north, south and east with pictographs of the sights along the routes. The smaller pictorial map titled "The Olympic City 1932" shows vignette map illustrations of various Olympic venues; on the other half sheet is information on Olympic Games history, and a schedule of the games.
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Region:
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Los Angeles Basin
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Subject:
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Recreation
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Subject:
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Pictorial map
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Full Title:
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The Tenth Olympic Games Los Angeles, California, July 30 - Aug. 14 '32. Designed and Illustrated by Mary Hall Atwood. A Complete Map of Los Angeles Area and Guide to Olympic Games.
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List No:
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6790.003
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Page No:
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map side
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Series No:
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3
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Publication Author:
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Atwood, Mary Hall (1894-1950)
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Pub Date:
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1932
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Pub Title:
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The Tenth Olympic Games Los Angeles, California, July 30 - Aug. 14 '32. Designed and Illustrated by Mary Hall Atwood. A Complete Map of Los Angeles Area and Guide to Olympic Games.
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Pub Note:
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Mary Atwood was a mural and map-making specialist who also did illustration and fine art paintingand was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was a pupil of Robert-Fleury and Jean Francois Millet at the Academie Julian in Paris, and in the 1930s moved to Los Angeles where she lived until her death in Glendale. She earned a reputation for the many decorative maps she did of Southern California, and her maps including Death Valley are in numerous public buildings.
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Pub List No:
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6790.000
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Pub Type:
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Separate Map
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Pub Maps:
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1
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Pub Height cm:
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25
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Pub Width cm:
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11
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Image No:
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6790003
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Download 1:
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Download 2:
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Authors:
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Atwood, Mary Hall (1894-1950)
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