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Era: Thematic & Scientific Revolution·Cartographer: Otto G. Lindberg & Ernest Alpers (General Drafting Company)·Year: 1930·Public Domain
Agloe, New York General Drafting Road Map (1930s)
"The copyright trap paper town that materialized into physical reality"
Inserted at an unpaved intersection in Delaware County, NY to detect plagiarism, 'Agloe' became real when a store owner built the 'Agloe General Store' after seeing the name on the map.
Interactive Specimen Pan & ZoomAccession: G3801.P2 1935 .G4
Orientation: North-Up
600 × 450 mm
Otto G. Lindberg & Ernest Alpers (General Drafting Company)·1930·Library of Congress / Exxon Archive
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Notable Cartographic Signatures
- The name 'Agloe' printed at the intersection of NY Route 206 and Morton Hill Road
- Esso (Standard Oil) corporate road map cartography
The Rhetorical & Ideological Argument
"An intellectual property weapon proving that maps possess the power to conjure physical human settlements into existence through cartographic self-fulfilling prophecy."
Explicit Features
- The name 'Agloe' printed at the intersection of NY Route 206 and Morton Hill Road
- Esso (Standard Oil) corporate road map cartography
Intentional Omissions
- Indication that the town was an artificial copyright watermark
Physical Specimen & Geodesy
Projection:
Lambert Conformal Conic
Orientation Axis:
North-Up
Physical Medium:
Color offset lithograph road map for Esso
Original Physical Dimensions:
600 × 450 mm
Custodial Repository:
Library of Congress / Exxon Archive
Accession: G3801.P2 1935 .G4
Interdisciplinary Context & Connections
JuralogiumTESTS
Copyright Trap Infringement Precedents
NarratologiumPROVES
Ontological Materialization of Fiction
Academic Provenance: General Drafting Company (1935)