Category 8: Communication Objects➔Documentary Objects➔Graphic Documents➔Cartograph➔Atlas

Artifact

Accession Number:
2018-12-12-09
Date
1933 to 1945
Description
Wall atlas published for the Canada Guide. There are pictures of Franklin D. Roosevelt as president (he was the 32 president of the US). There are also pictures of General MacArthur. General Marshall, Admiral King and Admiral Nimitz. The map refers to Canada as North Canada. On the reverse side of the map is Europe and Northern Africa along with flags from The USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, Cuba, Great Britain, Mexico, Netherlands, and the Union of South Africa. The second page of the map is maps of China, India,Caucsus Region, Arabia, and the reverse is a map of Manchukuo and Siberian-U.S.S. R., Java, New Zealand, Australia,  and Alaska. There is a picture of General MacArthur with a cigar above the map of Australia.
There is two paper hooks  to hang the wall map and a black metal clip along the top of the maps to hold them together. 
The map may have been used at the Comet School when it was open.
Materials
Cloth Paper Ink Metal
Measurements
36 inches L x 27 inches W
Category
Map