c.1953 New York’s Wonder Map Nils Hansell Pictorial Cartoon Map New York City

Date: c.1953Artist: Hansell, Nils Size (inches): 33” x 25”Size (cm): 83.8 x 63.5Condition: B+Linen backed: NoThis vintage original pictorial cartoon map of New York City by Nils Hansell is one of the most desirable and sought after American Mid-century pictorial maps and was even used as the cover image for Stephen Hornsby's book Picturing America: the Golden Age of Pictorial Maps. This is a folded map in printed cardstock covers titled New York’s Wonder Map By Nils Hansell with a $1 price printed in the lower right corner. Hansell, who had a long career as an art director with IBM, no doubt drew inspiration from Charles Vernon Farrow’s 1926 A Map of the Wondrous Isle of Manhattan. The elaborate design features over 300 points of interest identified by number with a key for each printed in the map’s inner boarder. The outer boarder features a decorative frieze design showing cartoonish denizens of New York City engaged in a wide variety of activities from hanging on subway straps to sh