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History of Squares: Squares Big and Little in Infographics, 1890

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This display of quantitative data appeared in the Rand McNally atlas of 1890, and details the various religions as practiced and reported in New York state for the census of 1880.  The work certainly gets it point across.  See also: Fantastic Sqaure(s), 1840 and the blog series, Quantitative Display of Information.

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This is the most detailed detail in the detail of the full infographic:

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