(NYC - NY) The Broadway Butterflys Map of New York Showing The Primrose Path., John Held Jr., c. 1930
For an understanding of what mattered geographically, and was important to the culture of the time, Held's maps are ground breaking. The significance of a street or building could be judged by its relative size, and everything else could be omitted as irrelevant as the fire hydrants. Here the sub-text to the title tells us a wealth about the subject of the map, as a reference for where life happens in Manhattan' "There's a broken heart for every light on broadway and Too many parties and too many pals and My little grey home in the west. (Old Broadway folk song)" This amalgm of song titles sums up a lifestyle where good times can have consequences, and this is where it can all play out.
Condition is very good. Image size is approximately 10.25 x 7 (inches).
