A newe mapp of Wellesley

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A newe mapp of Wellesley

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Title:
A newe mapp of Wellesley
Description:
A pictorial map of the town of Wellesley, Massachusetts in the 1920s with humorous depictions of student life at Wellesley college. The map is bordered on the left and right by two twin towers featuring ten vignettes of campus sites and personalities. A cartouche in the upper right of map is flanked by a woman with a tennis racket and a woman in commencement dress. Above the cartouche is the Wellesley college seal and motto.
Cartographer:
Garfield, Alva Scott
Cartographer:
May, Elizabeth Paige
Name on Item:
designed, drawn, & published by Alva Scott Mitchell '24 & Elizabeth Paige May '24
Date:
[ca. 1926]
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Pictorial maps
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
David Judkins Weaver Papers
Subjects:
Wellesley (Mass.)--Maps
Wellesley College
Places:
Massachusetts > Norfolk (county) > Wellesley
Extent:
1 map : color ; 43 x 57 cm, on sheet 55 x 74 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
[Wellesley, Mass.?] ; Boston : Alva Scott Mitchell and Elizabeth Paige May ; The Tudor Press
Language:
English
Notes:
This is one of the earliest pictorial maps by Alva Scott Mitchell who subsequently worked under her married name, Alva Scott Garfield.
Both artists graduated from Wellesley College in 1924.
Identifier:
06_01_018858
Call #:
Weaver folder 26 no.11