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Historic Trails of North America

This pic from @wijfi comes from the Morris Museum in Morristown, NJ

Fred J. Kingan (American, 1887-1947)
MAP OF HISTORIC TRAILS, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 1942-1947
Oil and graphite on wood

After a lifelong interest in American pioneer history, artist Fred J. Kingan, started a six-year project researching historic American trails, which he then rendered on these panels as a monumental map. He planned to include a detailed “key” to the map, but was unable to complete it before his death in 1947.

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