Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Geography for the G.O.P.

Barcode: 58561

Image Number: 58561.0001

Creator: Nitsche, Erik

Publishing Location: New York

Brief Description: Single page. Issued in the September 1939 edition of Fortune Magazine. Map of the United States satirizing fifteen Republican nominees running against Franklin Delano Roosevelt for the 1940 presidential nomination. The candidates are caricatures of nominees such as Robert A. Taft, Herbert Hoover and Thomas A. Dewey. Wendell Wilkie became the nominee but is not featured on the map. Roosevelt won the election.
Erik Nitsche was a book designer specializing in detailed compositions. He worked for a variety of magazines including Harpers Bazaar, Vanity Fair and Life.

Date/Date Range Produced: 1939

Date/Date Range Published: 1939

Language: English

Region Depicted: United States

Map Type: Pictorial maps

Dimensions: 35 cm x 28 cm

Material Type: Paper

Historical Context: Incumbent president Franklin Delano Roosevelt wins the 1940 election against Republican candidate Wendell Wilkie.

LC Call Number: G3701.A5 1939 N5

OCLC: 1427723522

Subjects: Politics

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/58561.0001