Derivation of the word oaktag (1922?)

Mark A Mandel mam at THEWORLD.COM
Fri Dec 20 22:48:15 UTC 2002


On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote [I have abridged]:

#>From OCLC WORLDCAT:
# Reconnaissance map of state road no. 5, September 1922,
#Washington (State).

#Note(s): Hand-drawn map, accompanied by 48 3 x 6 in. photos along the
#route, mounted on a sheet of oaktag.

#Responsibility: Chas. I. Signer.
#Document Type: Book
#Entry: 19921214
        ^^^^
 This looks like the date of the annotation -- Dec. 14, 1992, in a
format I use myself because it sorts correctly -- subject to the update
in the following line. So I don't think we have an early citation here.

#Update: 19990712

-- Mark A. Mandel



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