Detail View: Touchton Map Library: A pictorial chart of romantic FLORIDA depicting its exotic wild life; its tropical splendors of land & sea; its historic past; its vital & exciting present

Accession Number: 
2018.115.003
Short Title: 
A pictorial chart of romantic FLORIDA depicting its exotic wild life; its tropical splendors of land & sea; its historic past; its vital & exciting present
Year: 
1951
Author: 
Dave Mink
Place of Publication: 
Sebring, Fla.
Pub Note: 
The map includes illustrations of people and places around Florida. While most of the illustrated people are depicted in acceptable stereotypical ways, the caricature of African Americans is derogatory and offensive. This was a common way to depict African Americans during the Jim Crow era (1876 to the late 1960s).
Cartobibliographic notes: 
Legend includes buried treasure, national parks, national forests, and state parks
Subject Information: 
This item was created during the era of Jim Crow. Its racist themes are not supported or condoned by the Tampa Bay History Center, which is an anti-racist institution. These items are important reminders of the racism and discrimination faced by African Americans throughout the history of the United States.