Foster, Eleanore Augusta (sold)
Eleanore Augusta Foster (December 31, 1916 - February 4, 2012), born Japser, was an American artist. Eleanore was born in Woodcliff, New Jersey and studied at Hempstead High School, then at St. Lawrence College. She married modernist architect Richard Thomas Foster (1919 - 2002) in 1945, after his return from a 4-year World War II (1939 - 1945) Army service. She died in 1916 in Redding, Connecticut.
Most spectacular pictorial map of Florida.
A Map of Florida.
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A scarce 1935 Eleanore and Richard Foster chromolithograph map of Florida - the most spectacular pictorial map of Florida we have seen. The map is designed on a nautical theme: the sea splashes at the base of the map, forming a cartouche supported by fish and framed by a lifesaver. Coastal cities, including St. Augustine, Daytona Beach, Vero Beach, Palm Beach, St. Petersburg, Miami, Key West, and Fort Meyers, among others, are framed by ship portholes. Smiling from the upper right, the sun shines on the peninsula. Within Florida, both natural resources (pineapples, strawberries, etc.), resort fun (golfing, polo, baseball, sunbathing), and architectural wonders are illustrated. The Overseas Railroad, here in its last year of operation before being destroyed by the Labor Day Hurricane, steams towards Key West. Along the left, Flags illustrate Florida scenes, including alligators and palm trees. A limited breakdown of Florida history appears along the bottom. The border work, in orange, highlights Florida fauna. (more details)