COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Turzak, Charles (1899-1985)
Date:
1932
Short Title:
World Wide Short Wave Radio Map.
Publisher:
Stewart-Warner
Publisher Location:
(Chicago)
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
87
Obj Width cm:
121
Note:
Date estimated. Mounted on heavy paper on linen. Founded as Stewart and Clark Company in 1905, Stewart-Warner Corporation, still has a brand presence. It has been a major manufacturer of instruments, appliances, scoreboards, and the like. Illinois born artist Charles Turzak was the only son of Czechoslovakian immigrant parents. His father was a coal miner who worked long days, so many rural chores occupied Turzak’s boyhood years. He escaped his duties to do what he enjoyed most: carefully carving miniature animals from peach seeds, which he would sell for pennies. He went on to become a well known woodworker, woodcut artist, and watercolorist who exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago and worked for the Works Progress Administration, completing a mural for the Chicago Post Office. From 1942, he was art director of Today's Health Magazine.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Communications
Subject:
Pictorial map
Full Title:
World Wide Short Wave Radio Map - The Thrill of Exploring the World with a Stewart-Warner Radio.
List No:
9755.000
Series No:
1
Engraver or Printer:
Magill-Weinsheimer Co.
Publication Author:
Turzak, Charles (1899-1985)
Pub Date:
1932
Pub Title:
World Wide Short Wave Radio Map - The Thrill of Exploring the World with a Stewart-Warner Radio.
Pub List No:
9755.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
87
Pub Width cm:
121
Image No:
9755000.jp2
Authors:
Turzak, Charles (1899-1985)
