Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Uprooted People of the U.S.A.

Barcode: 58789

Image Number: 58789.0001

Publishing Location: New York

Brief Description: Pictorial map showing movements of the U.S. population during the second World War, as well as changing social conditions brought about by the war. The map depicts the social costs and impact of the Second World War. It includes Japanese relocation centers, Mexican migration and African-American migrations showing them going to California and to the Northeast. Also included are images of abandoned farms, homes and villages in the heartland. Includes list of "some emergency agencies formed to regulate general living conditions", text, illustrations, and a decorative frame including images of people representing various kinds of work. Louise E. Jefferson was an illustrator and photographer who worked for Friendship Press which produced various works such as health and welfare of children, race relations, church missions and peace among nations.

Printmaker: Jefferson, Louise E.

Publisher: Friendship Press, inc.

Date/Date Range Published: 1945

Language: English

Region Depicted: United States

Map Type: Pictorial maps

Dimensions: 53.5 x 84.5 on sheet 57 x 87.7 cm

Printing Process: Lithograph

Material Type: Paper

Historical Context: A panel on the map states that "since 1940, 25,000,000 Americans have been physically uprooted." Military families, industrial workers, office clerks, refugees were all affected and on the move. Louise E. Jefferson's pictorial map depicts the different ethnic groups that included Mexicans and also African-Americans who were primarily looking for work and a better life. Dislocation and lives disrupted interested Jefferson and that included a map about Indians in the United States showing their dislocation.

LC Call Number: G3701.E27 1945 J4

OCLC: 13419533

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/58789.0001