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1951 Dave Mink Pictorial Romantic Map of Florida
Florida-mink-1951$625.00
Title
A Pictorial Chart of Romantic Florida depicting its exotic wild life; its tropical splendors of lands and sea; its historic past; its vital and exciting present.
1951 (dated) 18.75 x 22.5 in (47.625 x 57.15 cm) 1 : 2600000
1951 (dated) 18.75 x 22.5 in (47.625 x 57.15 cm) 1 : 2600000
Description
One of the best 20th century pictorial maps of Florida. This map, drawn 1951 by David D. C. Mink, embraces Florida's romantic history as well as its flora, fauna, and folklore. The map itself is full of pictorial vignette detail, with illustrations highlighting the animals, produce, and people of Florida. Along the coasts, there are references to explorers, marine life, beach fun, and, supposed pirate history (highlighted by the iconic skull and crossbones). The dramatic cartouche, appearing in the Gulf of Mexico, features pirates, Seminole Indians, adventurers, priests, and Ponce de Leone himself, along with treasure chests and alligators. Surrounding the map there is an elaborate pictorial border, with dated referenced at the top and bottom. To the left and right are terrestrial and aquatic animal life, respectively.
Publication History and Census
This map was drawn by the Ohio commercial artist David Mink and published in Sebring, Florida, in 1951. As far as we can tell, this is Mink's last work. Today, examples are extremely scarce with no known market history. We have identified just one other example located at the Touchton Map Library at the Tampa Bay History Center.Cartographer
David Dewitt Clinton Mink (October 12, 1910 - ????) was an American commercial artist, watercolorist, and illustrator based in Ohio and Illinois. David was born in East Liverpool, Ohio and studied at Orrville Highschool, graduating in 1928. As a young man, David was already known by his scoolmates as a cartoonist, earning him the nickname 'John Held Jr.', referencing the famous cartoonist. He worked for a time at Manning Studios in Lakewood, Ohio. David studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine arts with Henry Keller and Jerry Farnsworth and was a member of the Chicago Artists Guild. We have not been able to identify any record of his death, but his wife, Marifrances (Norviel) Mink, also an artist, died in Los Angeles in 1976. His last recorded commercial work is a pictorial map of Florida published in 1951. More by this mapmaker...
Condition
Very good.
References
OCLC 44528304. Tampa Bay History Center, Touchton Map Library, #2018.115.003.