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Antique maps by William L. Longyear

William L. Longyear studied at the Art Students League, Columbia University and the Pratt Institute.

Longyear worked at the Museum of Science and Industry in New York and as an illustrator at Fortune magazine.  He also designed board games and authored a number of textbooks on advertising design and typography.

By 1940, Longyear was on the faculty at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where he served as Chairman of the Department of Advertising Design and as Associate Dean. There is currently a scholarship for design students at Pratt named in his honor.

World, Europe, Mediterranean and Pictorial Maps Map By William L. Longyear
The Classical World as found in Latin First Year and Latin Second Year of the Climax Series published by Silver Burdett and Co.
William L. Longyear
Place/Date:
n.p. / 1930 circa
Size:
23.5 x 17.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
64616

Archived

United States and Pictorial Maps Map By William L. Longyear
[Weyerhaeuser Map of American Timberland]
William L. Longyear
Place/Date:
New York / 1934
Size:
20 x 13 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
66361