ESCANABA Why an Upper Peninsula State Fair for Michigan? An Upper Peninsula State Fair is necessary because it offers the only means for encouraging advance
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a two-part series on this topic. The second part with be published on April 22. By KAREN KASPER Ishpeming Historical
1935 (dated)
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Description
A rare and charming 1935 Frank Robert Harper pictorial map of the Upper Peninsula, Michigan. Coverage embraces the entire upper peninsula with adjacent parts of Wisconsin, Lower Peninsula Michigan, and Canada. Drawn in the style of pictorial mapmaker Ruth Taylor White, the map is rich with decorative vignettes illustrating the sporting and outdoor life available in the Upper Peninsula. The map was issued for the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau to promote tourism.
Publication History and CensusThis map was copyrighted and issued in 1935 by the Upper Peninsula Development Bureau, under George E. Bishop. This map was issued and published separately, but examples printed by Ann Arbor Press do occasionally appear folded into a 1936 promotional brochure entitled
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