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1936 Florida State Road Department Road Map of Florida
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Title
Official Road Map of Florida.
1936 (dated) 27.25 x 27.75 in (69.215 x 70.485 cm) 1 : 1267200
1936 (dated) 27.25 x 27.75 in (69.215 x 70.485 cm) 1 : 1267200
Description
This is a 1936 Florida State Road Department map of Florida. Red lines highlight U.S. highway routes and solid black lines mark paved roads. Eleven inset city plans detail various cities, including Orlando, Tallahassee, Daytona Beach, Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Miami. An index of counties, cities, and towns appears in the lower left. The whole is surrounded by a pictorial border consisting of vignette views. Among these are the Bok Tower, beaches, hunters, and athletes playing tennis and golf. Florida wildlife, such as alligators, deer, and a puma, also appear.
Publication History and Census
This map was published by the Florida State Road Department in 1936. It is well represented in institutional collections.Cartographer
Edward Meredith Hawkins (June 14, 1909 - March 31, 1981) was an American commercial artist and mapmaker active in the mid-19th century. Hawkins was born in Eutaw, Alabama. We can trace little of his early years, but by the 1940s he was employed with the H. and W. B. Drew Company, a mapmaking concern based in Jacksonville, Florida. Also designed the first Official Road Map of Florida, published in 1936. More by this mapmaker...
Condition
Very good. Exhibits light wear and toning along original fold lines. A few minor verso stabilizations.
References
OCLC 38570300.