Fine Books & Manuscripts

[CHICAGO–WORLD’S FAIR–MAP] FANCHER, Louis Delton (1884–1944). A Food Map of the United States, showing the part played by each of our States in supplying the Nation’s larder. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. (A & P), [1932]. A large pictorial map of the United States produced for the Chicago World’s Fair of 1933. Each state depicts pictographs of food products produced there, along with caricatured portrayals, several of which are classic racist images of Chinese rice eaters and Black watermelon eaters depicted in several states that grow those two products. Michigan is represented with a large jar of pickles and a zeppelin anchored to the Upper Peninsula with a listing of the state’s products, an elephant eating peanuts above an oil tanker in Texas, a cheese monger with a large block of cheese in Wisconsin, and California with the largest listing of produce “supplying most of the countries products”. Each corner contains a small inset map of the United States, showing the distribution of poultry production, the A & P organization, grains, and meats and fish. Framed, 35 x 45”. Fold lines visible, as issued. A.