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BART Opens Embarcadero. First Port o'call in San Francisco.

1976

This charming bird’s-eye-view of downtown San Francisco looks north from above Market St. towards North Beach and Telegraph Hill. It announces and celebrates the opening of the Embarcadero Bart station, which took place on May 27th, 1976. This op...

 

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Ollie Hammond's Steak Houses: Dinner Menu

1948

“Tonight’s special THE VERY FINEST FILET MIGNON STEAK hashed browned or shoestring potatoes toasted sesame seed roll and coffee $2.25”Tourist map of Los Angeles and environs featuring the three Ollie Hammond’s Steakhouses at Beverly ...

 

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Pictorial Map of Oregon & Washington

1940

A lively and schematic map, created for Fortune Magazine, highlighting the produce and other resources of each state.Born in Fort Lee, New Jersey, Antonio Petruccelli developed his artistic talent at an early age and began his career as a textile...

 

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America the Wionderland

1941

An updated and more richly illustrated sequel to an earlier monochrome map by Chase The United States of America (1935), filled with an abundance of illustrations of buildings and landmarks, natural resources, scenic highlights and other attractions.&...

 

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Plan de Paris

1927

Karasz's dramatic map of Paris is typical of her design: rich in colour and detail; references theatre and textiles; combining old cartographical tropes with ideas drawn from the work of Max Gill.Her prize-winning textile designs for the “Desi...

 

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Financial Irrigation of the United States

1934

One of two allegorical maps illustrating articles on the New Deal spending and taxes that appeared in Fortune Magazine in consecutive months. This map, published in December 1934, shows the "Financial Irrigation of the United States By Funds Appro...

 

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U.S.N. Ships-Bases-Men as of January 1938

March 1938

Unusually for Harrison, the current map, dramatically centered on the American naval base of Pearl Harbor, is presented on a Mercator Projection. A small inset orthographic projection of the North Pacific Ocean appears upper left.The United States Navy...

 

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Six WWII "NEWSMAP" Issues

1943

Pictured is a poster done by Theodore Geisel., Verso is a map by Richard Edes HarrisonPrinted on both sides with very attractive graphics.  Issues include work by well-known artists such as Al Capp and Theodore Geisel (not yet “Dr Seuss&rdq...

 

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World Island. A Fortune Map. Orthographic Series III

1943

Centered on the “World Island”, a phrase coined by Sir Halford Mackinder in the 1920s, consisting of what we normally think of as the eastern hemisphere: Europe, Africa, and Asia. “Washed at its edges by more than seven seas, this Wor...

 

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Armour Food Source Map

c1960

In this promotional pictorial map of the United States, each state is defined by its agricultural produce. A History of the American Food Industry appears on the verso. It is the fourth edition, preceded by smaller versions of the map issued as p...

 

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