1952 Lepper Pictorial Map of Southern Maine

This is a c. 1952 Ruth Rhoads Lepper Gardner pictorial map of southern Maine. The map depicts the region from the Maine - New Hampshire border and the Chaudière River in Canada to the Atlantic Ocean and from Quebec, Canada and Moosehead Lake, Maine to Isles of Shoals. Highly detailed, cities and towns throughout Maine are identified, including Augusta, Lewiston, Bangor, and Portland. Vignettes illustrated sites throughout the state, highlighting historic events and locations, as well as other points of interest, such as museums, historic houses, and the world's tallest wooden Indian. Numerous ships are drawn in profile, paying homage to Maine's long history as shipbuilders. Ship dating from as early as 1690 are present, with the most recent being a destroyer that was built in Bath in 1952. Per the map, the first six-mast ship ever built was constructed in Camden in 1900. Lighthouses all along the coast are also illustrated and labeled. A history of Maine is provided along the right border, while views of historic houses, a church, and an observatory are included along the left border.

Publication History and Census

This map was drawn and published by Ruth Rhoads Lepper c. 1952. Only one example is catalogued in the OCLC as being part of the collection at the University of Maine at Orono.