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Map of New York State

American 20th Century

National Gallery of Art

This is a drawing of a map of New York State featuring the locations of glass factories. It includes detailed county outlines and labels, major water bodies like Lake Ontario and Lake Erie colored in blue, and numbered locations of glass factories with corresponding town names and operational years. A decorative compass rose is present in the bottom right corner. This illustration combines geographical and historical information about the glass manufacturing history in the state.

Artwork Details

Date
1935/1942
Medium
watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink on paperboard
Dimensions
4323 × 3371 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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