DESCRIPTION: Very rare satirical, cyanotype pictorial view of the town of Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory of Canada dated within to October, 1943. A folk-art style humorous blueprint, bird's eye view of the city of Whitehorse by engineer Anton Money.
The view includes numerous annotated humorous scenes of daily life in Whitehorse including a Mountie dog-sled team, gold panning, gambling, drinking, whoring, the White Pass and Yukon Route narrow gauge railway and the Whitehorse railway station.
By explorer Anton Money with acknowledgements to Louis McCormick and Don Reikard.
No recorded sales or holdings of this view except for one copy at the library of the University of Calgary in Canada.
PUBLICATION DATE: 1943
GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Canada
BODY OF WATER: N/A
CONDITION: Good.
 Clean. Wide margins. No condition issues except short marginal tears. Signs of age toning and grime on verso.
COLORING: Blue
ENGRAVER: 
SIZE: 29
" x
13 "
ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 55
PRICE: $1250
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