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Rare Pictorial Map of Taos, New Mexico.
An irreverent pictorial map of Taos, issued by the Taos Chamber of Commerce in the 1940s.
The map shows the historic Taos Square and very many other historical points of interest. The Taos artist colony culture is represented with a number of painters at their easels, and various jokes are made at their expense regarding subjects they were too lazy to finish painting. Many other caricatures lampoon the tourists that the map was supposed to be attracting, with scenes showing tourists being lost or hunting without a license.
This is a great town map from the golden age of American pictorials. It is fully characteristic of the wit and style of that school of mapmaking. Many of the scenes and jokes are still relevant in Taos's thriving tourist industry today, and the map would not look out of place if reissued with modern photographs and an updated layout of the city.
Besides the map, this edition includes photographs of scenes and recreational images from around Taos on both the front and the verso, as well as tourist and local promotional text.
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