Featured Maps
A Hysterical Map of Yellowstone Park and the Jackson Hole Country. Slightly Cockeyed.
c1936
First issue, subsequently printed as a King Size mapcard in the 1950s. The Lindgren’s humorous pictorial map "Drawn in Broken English by Jolly Lindgren" features highlights of the area of the Jackson Hole country and Yellowstone National Pa...
You've Only Got to Choose Your Bus
1920
Created for the London General Omnibus Company, Gill's map, centred on Reigate, of the bus routes in the area between Epsom and Horley, north to south, and Godstone to Effingham, east to west, is illustrated in the same medieval modernist manner as...
Weekend Vacation Guide in the Western Southland
c1957
A lovely pictographic map of the US Southwest created by James Lewicki for the the Ford Motor Company and included in an edition of "Ford Times. A Car Owners Magazine". Lewicki's style, while unique, is closer to that of...
Historic and Scenic Reaches of the Nation's Capital
1838
A fine colour printed map of the northeast of the United States. Published for “The National Geographic Magazine”, and showing D.C., Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, southern New Jersey, southern Pennsylvania, with their counties, state capitals, ci...
Lake George and Lake Champlain
1926
"The Charm and Beauty of Lake George and Lake Champlain Can Be Fully Enjoyed Only from the Steamer's Deck" Two elegant maps, one shows both lakes from Albany to Montreal, and the other Lake George and environs in more detail. The form...
Southern Pacific Lines follow the trails blazed by the pioneers...
1928
An uncommon and visually appealing map poster "done in the old style" with decorative galleons and sea monsters and an elaborate compass rose. Southern Pacific's Shasta Route, Overland Route, Golden State Route and Sunset Route are marked, &q...
Children's Map of London
1938, or after
‘Bright colours and pretty fancies’ Bullock’s iconic "Children’s Map of London" was first published in 1938, and the British Library records further editions in 1964 and 1969. All proceeds of the map were donated...
Carte des Lignes, French Line
1959
This fine map of the Atlantic Ocean, outlines the routes taken by the Compagnie Générale Transatlantique, French Line between Europe and the Americas. The company was founded in 1861, and began sailing from Le Havre to Mexico in 1862. From 1864 they ad...
Philips Radio: The World of Entertainment
c1947
After light bulbs, radios were one of Philips' most successful products of the first half of the twentieth century. Even before the advent of the home radio, Philips owned its own radio station, which went live on air on the 11th March, 1927. Broadca...
The San Diego Exposition / Panama-California Exposition
1912
Published also as a post card by Eno & Matteson of San Diego, in November of 1913. Townsend Brown’s view represents an early design for the Goodhue - Allen vision of the exposition after the resignation of the Olmsted first in mid-1911. In spite of intense...
