The Map that Bragged on Texas
Richest people, swiftest justice, prettiest gals …
Behold this colorful pictorial map, issued as postcard.
"Scaled down 60% to avoid embarrassing rest of world."
Filled with brags like:
SO BIG that they practice 'round the world flying here without ever crossing the border!
SO FLAT that they put signs up to tell the rivers which way to run!
SO RUGGED that the wild Indians, buffalo herds and longhorns just gave up and disappeared!
So the land was too rugged for the Indians and Buffalos?
"Texas occupies all of the continent of North America except a small part set aside for the United States, Canada and Mexico. It is bounded on the north by 30-odd states, on the east by all the oceans except the Pacific, on the south by the Texas Border and on the west by the Pacific Ocean and the rest of the world."
On verso: a mailing address panel.
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Texas Map Credits
Author: John Randolph
Date: 1951
Publisher Location: Tomball, Texas
Having driven across TX, I can vouch.
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