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Description

Mickey Mouse themed pictorial map of the United States, prepared for the San Francisco Golden Gate Exposition in 1939 by Walt Disney and the Standard Oil Company.

As noted by Rumsey:

Colored pictorial map of the 48 states, signed by Walt Disney. Showing Disney scene & characters head towards Golden Gate Exposition.

A promotional map sponsored by Standard Oil Company of California and Travel Tykes Weekly Magazine. The map is filled with vignettes in each of the states and provinces of Canada, showing Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck engaged in activities reflective of the tourism or indigenous commerce or industry of the state. Around borders there are comic strip panels from the Travel Tykes Weekly Magazine or from service stations are numbered & were to be cut out & pasted in proper place on the map.

On verso shows Mickey and Donald at the Fair, featuring vignettes on the major attractions of the Golden Gate Exposition.

Condition Description
Minor loss at top left and lower right corners.
Reference
https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~302669~90073377:Mickey-s-and-Donald-s-race-to-Treas