The map is within a printed frame, the title is printed above and below this frame; in the left corner above the frame is an image of the Spirit of the Pacific and in the right corner is an image of the Spirit of the Atlantic, sculptures by Isidore Konti from the 1904 World's Fair (Louisiana Purchase Exposition) which marked the 100th anniversary of the Louisiana Purchase. "Copyright, 1923, in Canada and the United States by the Candian Pacific Railway / Engraved and printed at the Matthews-Northrup Works, Buffalo, N.Y."--text, small type, lower left corner of the map. Poster backed by linen and is tacked onto two wood dowels; meant to hang as a wall map. "C.P.R. World Map"--on verso, in ms., in pencil.
Type
image
Format
image/jpeg
Extent
Print ; image 44 x 97.5 cm (17 5/16 x 38 3/8 in.) ; overall 49.5 x 100.5 cm (19 1/2 x 39 9/16 in.)
Canadian Pacific Railway Company--Public relations Advertising--Canada--Posters--20th century Advertising--Transportation--20th century Steamboat lines--Canada--20th century--Pictorial works Railroads--Canada--Pictorial works Railroads--Canada--Maps Railroads--United States--Maps Posters--20th century Posters Map
Source
John Haskell Kemble Collection Posters Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library
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