oregon petrucelli (1 risultati)

One atlas folio sized map, 22.25 x 27.5 in. archivally mounted on linen sized 26 x 31.25 in., in excellent bright condition. First edition of this eye-catching pictorial map celebrating the regions, resources, and inhabitants of Washington & Oregon chronicling the impact of the New Deal programs including the construction of Bonneville Dam, and ongoing massive project of the Grand Coulee. The 1940 Fortune magazine which highlighted the growing economic potential of the Pacific Coast states including Washington, Oregon & California details as well through charming caricature pictographs including sheaves of wheat, cattle, salmon fishermen, logging, tulip growers, apple and peach growers, Native American Reservations, and more. Petrucelli (1907-1994) launched his career as a textile designer, later began illustrating for House Beautiful, Fortune Magazine, The New Yorker, and Collier's Today, who would illustrate charts, diagrams, cover art, caricatures, and won several important design awards. During World War II he also illustrated propaganda maps, and ALCOA maps detailing the company's worldwide operations. Worldcat locates 3 copies (UCT, Buffalo & Erie Pub. Lib., U of O).