c. 1960s
Maker: Ruth Rhodes Lepper/Spaulding-Moss Company.
Vibrant antique printed color pictorial map of part of the Maine Coast by Ruth Rhodes Lepper, printed by the Paulding-Moss Company, c. 1960s. Includes historical notations and sketches of Maine historic places and ships. This map may have been printed in several different editions, with a possible first edition printed around 1954 and a possible third edition printed around 1970. This map does not note an edition and we therefore believe it to be the first or second. In the 1940s Ruth Rhodes Lepper had a job as a draftsman for the Navy. It was in that job that she developed a love of mapmaking. She later combined her artistic skills with cartography and designed and produced dozens of illustrated maps featuring the history of Maine. Very good condition with a few small spots, some toning at the paper edges, and some very minor wrinkles. Approx. 15.5 x 20.75 inches to the neatline.
Item Number: MAI258