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Subject:	Blog post - "Agloe, the paper town stronger than fiction"
From:	"Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
Date:	Thu, 20 Feb 2014 07:00:15 -0600
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Subject:        Blog post - "Agloe, the paper town stronger than fiction"
Date:   Thu, 20 Feb 2014 01:00:20 +0000
From:   Ratliff, Louise <[log in to unmask]>
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An interesting citation from American Libraries Direct:

*643 - Agloe, the Paper Town Stronger than Fiction*

by Frank Jacobs <http://bigthink.com/users/frankjacobs>

February 11, 2014, 7:17 PM

http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/643-agloe-the-paper-town-stronger-than-fiction

"Truth is stranger than fiction. Especially if that truth is /caused/ by
fiction. Consider the strange case of Agloe, a place name that started
appearing on maps of New York State in the 1930s."

Read on to learn about a cartographical mystery!

Louise Ratliff

Louise Ratliff

Social Sciences and Map Catalog Librarian

UCLA Library Cataloging & Metadata Center

11020 Kinross Ave.

Box 957230

Los Angeles, CA 90095-7230

(310)206-5853

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