Lepper, Ruth Rhoads
1952

Pictorial map of Western, Central, and Eastern Maine

Scarce Pictorial Map of Western, Central, and Eastern Maine

DESCRIPTION: A Map of Western, Central, and Eastern Maine made and published in 1952 by Ruth Rhoads Lepper, West Southport, Maine. The prominent and colorful compass rose topped by a fleur-de-lis is a signature feature of Ruth Lepper pictorial maps. Coverage includes the entire coast of the state of Maine extending from New Hampshire to Canada.

Two sides of the map include historical facts about Maine as well as drawings of some of the more famous old Maine buildings including:
  • Blaine House, the Executive Mansion of Augusta
  • Portland Observatory
  • Old Lincoln County Jail, Wiscasset
  • Marie Antoinette House, North Edgecomb
  • Symphony House, Bangor
  • Farnsworth Homestead and Art Museum, Rockland
"Maine built ships have sailed the seven seas in peace and war since 1607"

Maine has a long history of seafaring and ship-building. The bottom of the map and the area of the Atlantic Ocean includes depictions of some of the more famous Maine-built ships. These ships span four centuries and include:
  • The U.S.S. Mitscher, launched at Bath in 1952.
  • An early 17th century English merchant ship.
  • Ship Commodore, bult at Yarmouth in 1879.
  • The Red Jacket, built at Rockland in 1853.
  • The pinnace Virginia, the first boat built by the English in America.
  • U.S.S. Kearsarge, built at Kittery in 1861.
  • Privateer brig Grand Turk, built at Wiscasset.

Ruth Rhoads Lepper (1905-2011)


Ruth Rhoads Lepper, a recipient of the University of Southern Maine's Distinguished Achievement Award, was an accomplished artist and cartographer who lived and worked in Southport, Maine. Originally from Norwood, Massachusetts, Lepper received formal art training at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

During World War II, Lepper was recruited to create maps for the Navy base in Newport, Rhode Island. Following the war, she turned her attention to creating pictorial maps of Maine's coastline, which she continued to work on throughout the 1950s to the mid 1970's when she produced a series of larger-scale charts of the Maine Coast.

Lepper's contributions to the field of cartography were recognized with numerous awards and honors, including a Distinguished Achievement Award from the University of Southern Maine.

CREATOR: Lepper, Ruth Rhoads

PUBLICATION DATE: 1952

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: Atlantic Ocean

CONDITION: Very good.  One archival repair from the verso to the upper center margin. Verso with traces of tape where the map was previously mounted

COLORING: Lithographed color.

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 20 " x 15 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 87

PRICE: $650

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