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A Pictorial Map of the British Isles

1935

First edition, printed without colour. “Riding the wave of public interest, Chase began a side business turning out pictorial maps of Europe and North America. By the mid-1940s, he had designed enough maps to fill his own mail-order catalo...

 

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“A graphic representation of the Queen City of the South for the use of Tourists and Visitors” (front cover).

c1909

This “Map of Sydney”, “Showing principal Streets, Parks, Public Buildings, Tramways, &c., [was] published for sale at the Government Tourist Bureau,... and all Stationers”, and available from about 1909. The wharves between Mi...

 

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Wonders of New York

1953

Hansell’s ‘Wonders of New York’ captures the City at a major transition in the its life. “In 1958, more people crossed the Atlantic by airplane than by ship. Within a decade, the great ocean liners shown on the map were gone and Ne...

 

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This is NOT a Bootlegger's Map of the United States

[after 1928]

Only known example of this “bootleg” example of McCandlish’s iconic Bootlegger’s Map of the United States. A close copy in all respects, except for the imprint added below the bowdlerized title, and two new icons for the “...

 

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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...

 

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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. ...

 

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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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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...

 

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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...

 

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Mapa de Ruta. Pan American Grace Airways Inc.

1934

“Ahora Si, El Mundo es Chico” (Yes, now the World is smaller)A rare Spanish language route map and guidebook published by Pan American & Grace Airways Inc. The front cover is illustrated with a portrait of a DC-2, while inside is a sm...

 

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