1931 Edwin Tunis Historical Pictorial Map of Maryland

Edwin Burdette Tunis (December 8, 1897 - 1973) was an American painter, mural artist, illustrator, radio announcer, actor, theater set designer, and author active in Maryland during the middle part of the 20th century. Tunis was born in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, but moved around a lot a child with his father's work, before settling as an adult in Maryland. Tunis is known for his meticulous attention to historical detail and the production of several illustrated volumes describing various aspects colonial and pioneer life. Although he made few pictorial maps, they genre was a natural extension of his historically driven style. His first and best map, of Maryland, was published in 1931. He also issued maps of Baltimore, the Chesapeake Bay, and York County Pennsylvania. More by this mapmaker...

August Hoen and Company (fl. c. 1840 - 1981) was a Baltimore based engraving and lithography firm active in the middle part of the 19th century. A. Hoen & Co. was originally founded by Edward Weber under the name 'E. Weber & Company. Weber died in the early 1850s and his company was taken over by German immigrant August Hoen (18?? - 1886) and his brothers, Henry and Ernest Hoen. As general interest lithographers, the Hoen firm's corpus includes posters, cigar boxes, sheet music covers, and posters as well as maps. They are best known for their pioneering multi-color lithographic techniques. After the death of August Hoen, the business passed on to his son, Albert Hoen. Another son, Earnest A. Hoen, moved to Richmond, Virginia and opened a branch of the firm there where he was granted a charter to produce Civil War era Confederate Currency. Their contributions to the cartographic field are generally in association with engraving and printing work done for Jacob Monk and the U.S. Geological Survey. The Hoen family maintained an active interest in the firm for the next 100 years or so until it finally filed for bankruptcy in 1981. Learn More...