Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: U.S. Crime Picture / Our Shifting Population

Barcode: 54284

Image Number: 54284.0001

Creator: Sundberg, Edwin L.

From Atlas: No

Publishing Location: New York

Brief Description: Double-sided page with two maps, one with tables and graph showing an upward trend in postwar crime from 1939 to 1946. Included is a table on the right listing number and types of crimes committed in each state. Population map shows increases and decreases in populations due to interstate migration specifically from Montana, Idaho and the Dakotas to the coast due to war industry growth and the soil erosion in the inland states. Includes explanatory text citing figures from the Bureau of the Census and the Department of Commerce.

Publisher: New York Daily News (Firm)

Date/Date Range Published: Aug 10th, 1947

Language: English

Region Depicted: United States

Map Type: GeographicalHistorical maps

Dimensions: 36 x 55 cm

LC Call Number: G3701.E625 1947 N4

OCLC: 1200843037

Subjects: newspaper

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/54284.0001