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RUTH TAYLOR WHITE (born in 1899)
In 1931, the well-known map illustrator, Ruth Taylor White, visited the Hawaiian Islands and was inspired to produce a series of decorative maps. Extremely colorful and whimsical in tone, they were issued by the Honolulu Star Bulletin and given away by the Hawaii Tourist Bureau.
Ruth Taylor White was quite prolific; she published hundreds of "cartographs" of the various states and published them in a now very scarce book entitled Our USA: A Gay Geography.
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In 1931, the well-known map illustrator, Ruth Taylor White, visited the Hawaiian Islands and was inspired to produce a series of decorative maps. Extremely colorful and whimsical in tone, they were issued by the Honolulu Star Bulletin and given away by the Hawaii Tourist Bureau.
Ruth Taylor White was quite prolific; she published hundreds of "cartographs" of the various states and published them in a now very scarce book entitled Our USA: A Gay Geography.
