America Hams it Up

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This Porcineograph.

This Good Cheer Souvenir.

BAKER, W[illiam] E[merson].
Boston,
W. E. B[aker], 13 West Street, Boston, Mass.,
1876
Multi-stone lithograph.
584 by 431mm. (23 by 17 inches).
15815

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This map depicts the United States as a pig, with the snout at Maine and two legs represented by the peninsulas of Florida and Baja. A third leg rests on Cuba, drawn in the shape of a sausage, and the fourth on the Sandwich Islands, drawn-naturally-as a cluster of sandwiches. The "GEHOGRAPHY," as the author refers to it, is surrounded by the seals of the states and the names of their favoured pork-based dishes. Two vignettes at lower left and right illustrate events-both in...