COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Klitgaard, Kaj (1883-1953)
Date:
1927
Short Title:
Island of Manhattan from the Battery to 59th Street
Publisher:
Kaj Klitgaard
Publisher Location:
New york
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
86
Obj Width cm:
59
Scale 1:
None shown
Note:
This is a very rare color pictorial map of Manhattan, New York. Extends from Battery to 59th St. Includes marvelous illustrations of pre-Depression manhattan. Date estimated. With numerous allegorical vignettes including: Vanderbilt Yacht / Dreaming of the 1928 Election; at the top right, there are portrait images of Al Smith (then Governor of New York) and James A. Reed (Senator from Missouri); Prohibition - the bottles in the water and "enforcement" vignette over the river at the top left; The Gilded Age - the delightful cornucopia vignettes locating the rich and not so rich; Zeppelin & Battle Ship, resembles the USS Los Angeles or the USS Shenandoah, battleship USS Texas; then subways, lines of the IRT, BMT, and elevated train system, churches, hotels, businesses, etc. Includes key at the lower right corner. Klitgaard was a Danish American author, painter, illustrator, educator, and master mariner (1888-1953). This appears to be his only pictorial map. There are many hidden themes and caricatures in this map to be discovered. Date is estimated based on the image of the USS Texas. She was modernized in 1925-26 (losing the cage-mast and one funnel) and then was based out of NYC in August 1927 (with thanks to Harry Newman for this information).
State/Province:
New York
Region:
Manhattan (N.Y.C.)
Subject:
Pictorial map
Full Title:
Island of Manhattan from the Battery to 59th Street. Kaj Klitgaard.
List No:
11160.000
Publication Author:
Klitgaard, Kaj (1883-1953)
Pub Date:
1927
Pub Title:
Island of Manhattan from the Battery to 59th Street. Kaj Klitgaard.
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
11160.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Height cm:
86
Pub Width cm:
59
Image No:
11160000.jp2
Authors:
Klitgaard, Kaj (1883-1953)
