Calvin, F. F.
1916

WWI map promoting Salt Lake City as an Army Depot

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Map showing the advantage of Salt Lake City as an Army Depot from which to supply ports and fortifications on the Pacific Coast and the Canadian and Mexican Borders with food stuffs & war munitions also the existence of raw material for the manufacture of munitions

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Colorful, unrecorded thematic map made during WWI with the objective of presenting Salt Lake City, Utah as a great choice for a future Army Depot based on its proximity to war materials. In 1920 the Ogden Ordnance Reserve Depot was established (with 1410 acres) as a general storage depot for left-over ordnance from WWI, less than 35 miles north of Salt Lake City.

No copies found anywhere online, thus rare.

Printed base map with a circular scale at 50 mile intervals showing the distance from Salt Lake City, Utah to numerous commodities necessary for conducting the war effort. Hand color to the outline of the USA and the distance scale. Colorful ink coloring hand applied to highlight national and interstate highways and railroads.

At upper right a Table of Production in the Vicinity of Salt Lake City. Table shows three data elements arranged in columns:

The Industry or Product e.g. coal, potash, horses, mules, creameries.

Annual production capacity or head count for that product.

Distance from Salt Lake City for that product.

Prepared by F.F. Calvin February 1, 1916. Scale 1" = 115 miles.

CREATOR: Calvin, F. F.

PUBLICATION DATE: 1916

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: N/A

CONDITION: Good. On tracing paper. Clean with some loss in the left margin. Folds.

COLORING: Hand color and hand-inked colored RR and highways.

ENGRAVER:

SIZE: 22 " x 17 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 62

PRICE: $

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