1970 Metsker Map of Clallam County, Washington (Olympic Peninsula)
ClallamCounty-metsker-1970
Title
1970 (undated) 19.5 x 45.75 in (49.53 x 116.205 cm) 1 : 126720
Description
Publication History and Census
This map was published c. 1970 by Metsker Maps and copyrighted by Thomas C. Metsker. Editions of this map were published as early as the 1940s, if not before. An OCLC entry for a map bearing this title identifies five holdings, at the University of Arizona, the Anacortes Public Library, the University of Washington, the Washington State Library, and the University of California Berkeley.Cartographer
Thomas Charles Metsker (May 24, 1927 - October 4, 2010) was an American cartographer. Born in Tacoma, Metsker graduated from high school in 1947. He served on the U.S.S. Wildcat during World War II in the South Pacific theater as the ship's electrician. Metsker was the third generation of his family to work at the Metsker Map Company, where he worked for over fifty years making maps. He married his high school sweetheart, Patty, with whom he had four children and was married for fifty-seven years. More by this mapmaker...