COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Scheuerle, Joe (1873-1948)
Date:
1925
Short Title:
Great Northern Recreational Map of Glacier National Park Montana, Waterton Lakes National Park Alberta.
Publisher:
Great Northern Railway
Publisher Location:
St. Paul
Type:
Separate Map
Obj Height cm:
48
Obj Width cm:
83
Note:
Date estimated. Humorous illustrations on an attractive background map of Montana and adjacent Canada. A handsome bird's eye view style pictorial map by Joseph Scheuerle, brightly colored and humorous. Here the emphasis is on recreational possibilities for the Caucasian tourist, including golf, swimming, tennis, fishing. In front of the title cartouche at lower right is a group of Native American Indians with the artist and canvas at the very right hand corner.
Region:
Glacier National Park
Subject:
Pictorial map
Subject:
Recreation
Subject:
National Parks
Full Title:
Great Northern Recreational Map of Glacier National Park Montana, Waterton Lakes National Park Alberta.
List No:
6782.004
Page No:
map side
Series No:
4
Publication Author:
Scheuerle, Joe (1873-1948)
Pub Date:
1925
Pub Title:
Great Northern Recreational Map of Glacier National Park Montana, Waterton Lakes National Park Alberta.
Pub Note:
Date estimated. Joe Scheuerle was apprenticed to a lithographer and afterwards employed as a commercial artist. He specialized in drawing Indians for posters. In 1900 he moved to Chicago, where he worked as an illustrator and produced Buffalo Bill posters. He made trips West, painting the Sioux Indians in 1909, the Crow and Blackfoo in 1910, the Cheyenne in 1911 and others. He was a friend of C.M. Russell, Gollings, and de Young.
Pub List No:
6782.000
Pub Type:
Separate Map
Pub Maps:
1
Pub Height cm:
24
Pub Width cm:
11
Image No:
6782004
Authors:
Scheuerle, Joe (1873-1948)
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