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Auction 157, Lot 157

"Natural Vegetation", U.S.D.A.

Subject: United States

Period: 1923 (dated)

Publication: Atlas of American Agriculture...

Color: Printed Color

Size:
24 x 16 inches
61 x 40.6 cm
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This very attractive and bold map of the United States is covered in 28 different colorful representations of vegetation including eastern and western forest, desert shrub, and grass. A profile at bottom shows the vegetation type at various levels of elevation along the 39th parallel. Prepared by the Bureau of Plant Industry under Chief W. A. Taylor and W.B. Greeley of the Forest Service.

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Condition: A

Vivid color with pleasant light toning.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 5/4/2016

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