Stanley Triggs photo, Vancouver Public Library VPL 85782D.
1954
Challenger Map
Under the mop is the world’s largest map of its kind. The Challenger Map took George Challenger and his family seven years to build out of hand-cut pieces of plywood. The 80- by 76-foot topographical map amazed millions in the BC Pavilion at the Pacific National Exhibition.
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