Brand: National Geographic Society / National Geographic Magazine.

Item: Vintage double-sided folding map and illustrated supplement from the Close-up: U.S.A. series titled "Arkansas Oklahoma Louisiana Texas" with map title "The South Central States."

Year: Dated October 1974 in the map title block; copyright © 1974 National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Country of origin: United States.

Format: Large color fold-out paper map that opens to show a detailed regional map of the South Central States, covering Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, adjoining portions of neighboring states, northern Mexico, and the Gulf of Mexico coastline.

Map details: Features political boundaries, major and secondary highways, railroads, rivers, lakes, cities and towns, shaded relief, and labeled points of interest, with an abbreviations key and legend printed in the lower margin and Gulf of Mexico area.

Reverse side: Contains the Close-up: U.S.A. article "Rich land of the southern frontier" with separate text sections on Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Texas accompanied by numerous full-color illustrations, including artwork signed by Ken Dallison.

Great piece for collectors of vintage National Geographic maps, U.S. regional cartography, or ephemera related to Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Texas, and the American South.