1911 – Our National Bouquet – Antique Map Official

Item number: CSMT206

Genuine Antique Map

1911

Maker: Crabbe / United States Flower Map Co.

 

Antique pictorial map of the United States showing the state flowers, by United States Flower Map Co. in 1911. The story that is supposedly behind this map starts with A. W. Butterfield from Canby Oregon, who had an idea to create a beautiful map and hopefully make a huge profit. He hired an Ohio artist, N.B. Crabbe, and found investors to back his idea to make a map of the state flowers for each of the states in the US. Unfortunately, it did not sell as prolifically as Butterfield had forecast, and by WWI the project sales continued to slump. Many states in the years after publication would change state their flowers and this map is a document of an older United States. Hawaii is not included, but Alaska was added near the bottom. Numbers in each state correspond to an index that accompanies the map. This map is printed on paper that has been affixed to a fabric backing. Gorgeous original color. Very good antique condition with minimal signs of age, including very slight stains at the edges, and some pin holes in the corners. Index is attached on right side. Measures approx. 27 x 37 inches to the paper edges.

Genuine Antique Map from 1911

Item Number: CSMT206