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Record 11/76
Description 
Molded from rigid plastic, hand-painted, and dissected so that states can be lifted out. Each state is a different color, bodies of water are blue and depressed. Capitals and large cities denoted by nailheads. Exaggerated elevations; longitude and latitude lines are depressed with positions given in braille. Front of map reads "Relief Map of the United States, Manufactured by American Printing House for the Blind, Louisville, Kentucky, copyright 1939, The William J. Butler Relief Map, Louisville, KY, U.S.A. #24613."
Relief Map of the United States - Copyright Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind
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Butler Relief Map

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Last modified on: April 02, 2010