Ellie Acker's c. 1840s Watercolor Map of the Southern United States rubber toy The sails are gone

The sails are gone

though it lies flat now

one could just decide that she was meant to be tusk-less

which I'll include

Ellie Acker's c. 1840s Watercolor Map of the Southern United States rubber toy The sails are goneYou know I love a hand drawn map, even more so a watercolored one, and I love how the color on this one, depicting "the Southern states" nearly obscures its details, such that, if one didn't know better, it might be read as pure abstraction. Of course the outlines give it away instant recognizability that speaks to it as being a much a symbol icon as map. The inclusion of Arkansas (admitted to the Union on June 15, 1836, as the 25th state) date the