Suyeoka, George
1964

VI-Daylin Natural History Map and National Heritage Map

Unrecorded pictorial map advertisement for Vi-daylin vitamins natural history map

DESCRIPTION: Scarce pictorial map advertisement for Vi-daylin vitamins as a Natural History Map of the United States (recto). Verso with similar pictorial map but a National Heritage Map.

Not found online. Not in WorldCat.

Cartographs created by textbook illustrator, inventor, and commercial artist George Suyeoka (1926- 2015). Copyrighted and published in 1964 by Abbot Laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois.

CREATOR: Suyeoka, George

PUBLICATION DATE: 1964

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: N/A

CONDITION: Very good. Clean, solid. Fold now flattened.

COLORING: Offset lithograph.

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SIZE: 24 " x 16 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 90

PRICE: $250

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