Last year we celebrated 90 years of existence for the Montauk Chamber of Commerce, but the official incorporation of the Montauk Chamber took place 68 years ago this week: on November 6, 1953.

Although ignored in most histories of cartography, pictorial maps were arguably the most creative and dynamic part of American cartography in the middle decades of the twentieth century.” The finest pictorial maps spun together maps, pictures, and text to create a visual story or representation that instantly summarized a sense of place, delighting the eye and stimulating the viewer’s imagination. Pictorial maps … enthusiastically sold places, states, regions, industries, transportation, products, and services of all kinds. “American pictorial maps captured the innermost character of a country by highlighting history, landscape, architecture, and human attributes such as attachment, nostalgia, and memory. Hornsby explains that this particular type of mapmaking owes at least some of its success to the principles of advertising. Will Boost and Back Betterment Movements.”ĭuryea stated the aims of the Chamber as “working for the civic betterment of Montauk and to call attention to the attractions of Montauk as a summer resort through all mediums of advertising.” In his recently published book on pictorial maps, Picturing America, The Golden Age of Pictorial Maps, author Stephen J. Perry Duryea, Toastmaster, President of Newly Organized Chamber, says Purpose is to Tell the World about the Charms of Montauk. The front-page headline proclaimed: “Montauk Chamber of Commerce holds banquet at Montauk Manor. From the Jissue of the East Hampton Star we know that a large dinner dance with 100 East End attendees celebrated the founding of this organization. The Montauk Chamber was born in June 1930. This map appeared in an early brochure published by the Montauk Chamber of Commerce. Chandler, a popular creator of bird’s eye views and pictorial maps whose ads could be found in NYC papers during the early part of the 20th century. Recent forum discussions about thesaurus entries: No thread for pictorial map. Pictorial maps enjoyed great popularity from the 1930s to the 1950s, and partnered beautifully with tourism and the travel industry. Synonyms: decorated, embellished, adorned, illustrated, lit up, enlivened. ©1916 Location Columbia River > Clatsop County > Oregon > United States Date 1916 Identifier g4242_c62_p3_1916_s8 Item Locator G4242.C62P3 1916. system map, sample fares, and list of travel agents on verso. Map highlights the route of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway from its terminous on the Oregon Coast near Gearhart along the Columbia River, through the Columbia River Gorge to the confluence of the Columbia and Deschutes Rivers. Oriented with north toward the lower left. 'The North Bank Road, Spokane, Portland & Seattle, Columbia River scenic route'-Logo on title panel and on map. Relief shown pictorially and by spot heights. Baltes and Company Description Drawn by Fred A.

Author Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway F.W. Special Collections & University Archives Alternative Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry.: scenic Columbia River route to the sea Artist Routledge, Fred A. Title Columbia River pictorial map: Cascade Mountains and Pacific Ocean resorts LC Subject Spokane, Portland, and Seattle Railway Railroads Columbia River Maps Repository University of Oregon.