The image is listed as “Indiana-Ohio” so I think they mean it, but I don’t know why.

 

David J. Bertuca, Map Librarian

Science and Engineering Information Center

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University at Buffalo

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Liaison to the Geography Department for GIS and Physical Geography

 

From: Maps-L: Map Librarians, etc. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paige G. Andrew
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2016 10:22 AM
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Subject: Re: Geographically incorrect

 

omg! At first one chuckles, and then as Howard notes, what a damned shame! The t-shirt company should be shut down over such stupidity...

 

Paige


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Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 9:23:05 AM
Subject: Geographically incorrect

 

By accident, I came across this Indiana T-shirt for children showing the name with the wrong state outlined in the background. And we wonder why so many American kids are geographically illiterate!

http://www.cafepress.com/mf/66379000/indiana_tshirt?productId=631335804

On a related note, my cousin, a recent M.B.A. from Wharton, had a job interview at Warren Buffett's headquarters in Omaha. He tried to butter up the interviewer by stating how thrilled he was to be in Oklahoma, and hasn't heard back.


Howard Stone

Map Cataloger, Brown University