[Wyoming]

This Pocket Map of Wyoming Is Useful for Reference [cover title]

Denver: Singer Manufacturing Co., [ca. 1911]. Folding map, 9.5 x 12 inches. Original printed card wrappers, separated along spine. Light wear to wraps, small chip at head of spine. One separation along map fold from center of top edge. Light toning. Good. Item #1861

An unusual promotional piece, comprising a pocket map of Wyoming with advertisements for Singer sewing machines. The present piece was produced for distribution by the Denver branch of the Singer Company. The text of the wrappers promote several types of electric sewing machines, which Singer began to mass produce in 1910. The map shows the twelve counties of Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park shaded in five colors, with topographical features, rivers, and major railroads delineated in black. A brief advertisement text for Singer is overprinted in red in the lower left corner. While one might agree that the map is "useful for reference," as stated on the front wrapper, its connection to sewing machines is less clear. Not in OCLC.

Price: $600.00