Featured Maps
A Pictorial Map of the British Isles
1935
Uncolored pictorial map. Showing various sites, buildings, industries, and landmarks. Includes illustrations of steamboats, ships, and vignettes of structures and significant landmarks. Title framed by ornamental cartouche, and coat of Arms. Inc...
This is not a Bootlegger's Map of the United States
c1926
A close “bootleg” copy of Edward McCandlish’s humorous Depression-era map of the almost same name (which was published in Detroit by the Griswold Press), his map not having the “This is not a” statement.There are other differe...
Wonders of New York
1953
A production of the utmost weirdness, this is a fun-fact-filled dramatic 1953 pictorial map of New York City by the flamboyant Swedish-American artist, Nils Birger Hansell. Covering the Manhattan from roughly the Battery to 96th street...
A Collection of Four “NAVWARMAP”s
1944
Four of six propaganda “Nav War Maps” issued in 1944 by the U.S. Navy, including five focusing on different theatre of war and a sixth providing a global overview. All are visually compelling, with vibrant colors and energetic graphic desi...
Vermont: Some History & Other Pastimes
1949
Published by local advertising and commercial design firm, Daly and Hamilton, the map covers all of Vermont with limited geographic detail but rich pictorial imagery. The numerous vignettes illustrate both historical elements, such as Calvin Coolidge's ho...
Sketch Map of the Proposed Development Mission Bay Recreational Area, San Diego
April 1945
The earliest published official depiction of the planned post-war development of the Mission Bay Recreational Area. The vision is Glenn C. Rick's, the City’s Planning Director, who had submitted the first suggested plan of development in 1935. &ldq...
The Greyhound Map of This Amazing America. Natural and Man-Made Wonders...
1941
One in a series of pictorial maps done by Greyhound to advertise and promote travel by bus. Wartime events would soon put severe limits to recreational travel. In addition to the colorful vignettes, the text on the verso is a numbered index of 117 d...
Balgownie Golf Links. New Zealand
1909
“Nothing is more profitable than judicious investment in Real Estate”Public auction announcement for the sale of subdivided lots in the Balgownie Golf Links, Waganui, in the southwest of the North Island of New Zealand. The lots are offered on &...
America for the Foot-Loose: An Indispensable guide for Married Couples Contemplating Seperate (sic) Vacations
c1952
Apparently unpublished, but possibly intended for publication in Esquire Magazine. There are many humorous little details… from “Farm house (ask for daughter)” to the red lights on Havana, Tijuana, Mexicali and Cuidad Juarez and on a...
Your Shell Map of 1960 Winter Olympic Games. Squaw Valley California
1960
Commissioned by Shell Oil to promote their sponsorship of the 1960 Winter Olympic Games. The map shows not only the games’s site, but the surrounding area as far east as Virginia City (and including Lake Tahoe) and as far west as Grass Valley. ...
