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[Annand, George, Tull, Roberto, Baker, Susan, Wickser, Josephine Wilhelm, Rand McNally and Company]
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Historic notes and vignettes around border.
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[(Vic and Sade Radio Program), Paul Rhymer]
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Date estimated, based on picture of "Mr. Ruebush's Brand New Car". A map produced to illustrate the setting of a radio program: "Vic and Sade was an American radio program created and written by Paul Rhymer. It was regularly broadcast on radio from 1932 to 1944, then intermittently until 1946, and was briefly adapted to television in 1949 and again in 1957. During its 14-year run on radio, Vic and Sade became one of the most popular series of its kind, earning critical and popular success: according to Time, Vic and Sade had 7,000,000 devoted listeners in 1943. For the majority of its span on the air, Vic and Sade was heard in 15-minute episodes without a continuing storyline. The central characters, known as "radio's home folks", were accountant Victor Rodney Gook (Art Van Harvey), his wife Sade (Bernardine Flynn) and their adopted son Rush (Bill Idelson). The three lived on Virginia Avenue in "the small house halfway up in the next block." (Wikipedia). Story roughly based on life in Illinois.
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Harrison, Richard Edes
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Color map of New York city and Long Island, Published in Fortune Magazine. Date estimated. Shows parks and parkways, government reservations, highways, main streets, Moses projects, etc.
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Harrison, Richard Edes
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Color physical map of Peru. Published in Fortune Magazine. Shows rivers, lakes, volcanoes, etc. Relif shown by shadings and spot heights. Includes notes and key to minerals. Date estimated.
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[Aitchison, R.T., Mentholatum Company]
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Abundant text.
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Lindgren, Jolly
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Color pictorial map, showing roads, trails, hotels, lakes, Indian reservations, , etc. Relief shown pictorially. Humorous compass rose oriented with north to upper right. Includes legend.
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[Bridgewater, M., Haislip, Martha]
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Colorful pictorial map, with elaborate title cartouche. Covered with vignettes illustrations each with explanation, representing historical figures and events, state resources, sights, churches, important buildings, people, activities, crops, animals, populated places, etc. Bordered by historical information and scenes. Includes compass rose on lower right oriented with north to the upper margin.
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[Riddiford, Charles E., National Geographic Society. Cartographic Division.]
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Color map, covers District of Columbia, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, southern New Jersey, southern Pennsylvania. Showing counties, state capitals, cities and towns, roads, highways, railroads, battlefields, historic churches and points of interest. Vignettes portraits of historical figures and scenic locations on upper and lower borders. Includes title and legend with scale bar cartouche. Relief shown by hachures.
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Berann, Heinrich Caesar (1915-1999)
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Date estimated. Bird's Eye view.
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Berann, Heinrich Caesar (1915-1999)
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Date estimated. Cover painting by Heinrich Berann.
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Canadian Pacific
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Date estimated. Folder cover attached to map.
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Canadian Pacific
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Date estimated. Folder cover attached to map.
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[De Agostini, Giovanni, Nicouline, Vsevolod Petrovic 1890-1962]
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Colorful small map with vignettes of structures, nature, activities, products, crops, etc. Towns and cities labeled.
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[Atherton, Jack, Le Baron Bonney Co.]
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[Harbold, Darby, Le Baron Bonney Co.]
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Highly decorative pictorial map of the world. Showing pirate history, and border with famous pirate names including Long Benn Avery, Jean Lafitte, Sir Henry Morgan, Blackbeard and Dixey Bull. Title cartouche in bottom center margin includes image of a “Buccaneer” and a peg-legged “Pirate-Chief.” on either side. “The Jolly Roger” flag at lower right-hand corner. Map is full of vignettes, showing the key areas pirates traded, locations of pirate treasure and illustrations of ships sailed by pirates.
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[Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, Hague]
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Includes photos and text.
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Sewall, John Kirk
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Date estimated. Pictorial street map of the inner city of Beijing (then known as Peking or Peiping). With illustrations of major buildings, monuments, places of interests, train stations on the lower section of map, and silhouettes of workers, labeled in English and Chinese, and published in China.
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Beck, H.C.
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London subway.
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Beck, H.C.
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London subway.
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[Insurance Company of North America, Riegel, J. Jr.]
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Color pictorial map of Philadelphia, celebrating the history of its Volunteer Fire Department, the establishment of the Insurance Company of North America and early scenes in the history of both entities in the City of Philadelphia. Shows streets, parks, major buildings, etc. Includes reference to locations of Philadelphia's engine & hose houses. Map surrounded by vignettes of the history of the insurance company and notable events in fire fighting activity of the 1790s, including the founding of hose companies, and the development of equipment. Also has depictions of various uniform costumes, fire marks & engines used by some of the houses. Includes Notes: Sketches of model engines in the collection of The Insurance Company of North America". "This map is from an original print in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania", and Dedication : "To Thomas Mifflin Governor and Commander in Chief of the States of Pennsylvania. This plan of the city and suburb of Philadelphia is respectfully inscribed by the Edition 1794".
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[DeFoy, Francis, Bank of America]
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Pictorial map of the state shows a bird's-eye view from the west, Pacific Ocean with Cresent City and Cedarville to the east of the map, to San Diego and Yuma to the right. Shows roads, railroads, Cities and towns throughout the state are named, the China Clipper is pictured flying in to the Bay Area. Signature at lower right under cartouche appears to be Francis de Toy. The compass rose features peoples of the United States, with the seal of the Bank of America. The map was published by the Bank of America to promote the Golden Gate International Exposition and encourage tourism in the state. With the cartouche providing descriptive note: "This pictorial map portrays California's unequalled diversity of resources and their development. From North to South-agriculture, cattle and sheep ranging, fishing, fruit growing, lumbering, manufacture, mining, motion pictures, petroleum, poultry raising, shipping, wine producing; plus opportunities for every type of outdoor recreation and spectacular sightseeing; plus great bridges, glamorous cities, and towns of rich historic interest; plus centers of culture, music, art, next door to great deserts and wild mountainous areas ... Come to Treasure Island in 1939 for the Golden Gate International Exposition..."
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Chase, Ernest Dudley, 1878-1966
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The dark sepia version. Innumerable vignettes of structures, ships, activities, and scenery.
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Zaidenberg, Arthur
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Pictorial map to resemble a bird's-eye view depicts lower Manhattan as seen from an imaginary point above the Brooklyn shore. Shows buildings, monuments, tourist attractions, whimsical sea monsters, whales, and boats and ships in the water. Includes historical notes and pictorial vignettes, most reflecting events in the city’s colonial and Revolution-era history. Executed in a vibrant scheme dominated by blue, orange and green. On upper center of map: Seal of New York City 1915, Seal of Amsterdam 1654 and Seal of Netherlands 1625. On lower center of map: "1789- Nieuw Amsterdam and New York - 1939".
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Carrigen, Tom
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Small decorative map with little vignettes (ostensibly) humorously depicting the history of and life in Wyoming.
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Boucher, Lucien (1889-1971)
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A very early Air France maps made by Boucher, his first being in 1934. Date estimated, based on the Air France routes being extended further in Africa than our 1937 Air France map (8571.000). The print numbers are the same as the 1937 edition, probably indicating that the air routes were updated even in the middle of an edition. Shows the beginning routes of the airline, extending west to the Americas and east to Vietnam.
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Colortext Publications, Inc.
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A westward-looking bird's eye view of the city. Numbered key to 94 features. Depicts individual buildings. Apparently, this is one of the only city views made by Colortext.
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Chase, Ernest Dudley, 1878-1966
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Uncolored pictorial map. Showing various sites, buildings, lighthouse, and landmarks. Includes illustrations of steamboats, ships. Map surrounded by vignettes of significant landmarks. Title framed by ornamental cartouche. Includes a compass rose. Relief shown pictorially.
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Manning, Reginald W. (1905-1989)
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Pictorial. Cute map printed in brown.
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Chase, Ernest Dudley, 1878-1966
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Innumerable vignettes of structures, ships, activities, and scenery.
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[Turner, S.J., Daily Herald]
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Color relief map by S.J. Turner representing a bird's eye view from space encompassing a wide swath of the globe from Italian Somaliland at the lower edge of the map to Morocco and Italy at the upper edge of the map, just below a distant horizon of the earth's curvature. The style brings to mind the work of Richard Edes Harrison who used this "aviation age" cartography to great effect during World War II. As with the maps of Harrison, the perspective emphasises the proximity of areas than might appear further removed on a "conventional" map - an important realisation when times of crisis. On the map it is noted that "This map is divided into 200-MILE SQUARES shown in perspective." Shows international boundaries, railways. major cities, and rivers. Includes European possession in Africa. Relief shown by shadings.
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Smith, Karl
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An attractive pictorial map 56 1/2 x 40 1/2, printed in color. Showing cities, dated historical events, industry, major public buildings, etc. Includes a decorative title cartouche and vignette illustrations of the state seal at the lower right and Hernando de Soto in the upper left.
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USGS (U.S. Geological Survey)
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30-minute topographic quadrangle with relief shown as contours. Includes area of Only contours and hydrography. Date unknown, but estimated at 1938 due to showing of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir which first appears on the 1938 map. Merced River, Wawona, Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.
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USGS (U.S. Geological Survey)
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Edition of 1909, reprinted 1938. 30-minute topographic quadrangle with relief shown as contours. Includes areas of Merced River, Wawona, Hetch Hetchy Reservoir.
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San Francisco Newspaper Maps
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Maps in full color with the exception of Tokyo Bay shown without color. All maps shown include military information such as troop strength, naval stations, and on the map of Tokyo - the Treaty Point. At head of title: City life, Stage -- screen, San Francisco Examiner America first American paper for the American people.
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Page, Peter Hugh
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Date estimated
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United States. Post Office Department
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Shows mailing label.
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Zingg, Andrew
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""The outlines of this Map were presented through inspirational vision and are authentic!" - A. Zing (A-Z - Alpha Omega) Large self-published map of the world, depicting how it would be transformed by a "cycle change" which the author had foreseen in an "inspirational vision". Zingg alleges that the world's axis would shift, resulting in a massive climate change, as well as a lifting up of some bodies of land, and a submerging of others. The whole vision has an interesting pro-American inflection; the predicted apocalypse would result in the wholesale destruction of the Old World (Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Asia), whereas the New World would be considerably larger (5,000 miles wide at Panama) and the climate would improve. One is tempted to understand the map in the context of the geopolitics of the time - in the leadup to World War II and the destruction it would bring to the places that Zingg mentions. The online Catalog of Copyright Entries shows that a copyright was granted to Andrew Zingg on January 21, 1939, for a "Map of Future Events". Zingg's Treatise A NEW MAP OF THE WORLD (There will be a Cycle Change of this Globe in the near Future). This map portrays the world in its new form after the Cycle Change has taken place. We are now living in that age in which a physical change of the Globe will soon occur in which this world will roll (in its orb) to a new point of balance which will swing its axis into new moorings, the North Pole will be shifted into Siberia east of the Ural Mountains, and the South Pole in the South Pacific Ocean. Through this cataclysm of the Globe the geography and the climate of the world will be greatly changed. The dark part of the Map represents that part of the world which will suffer inundation. The checkered part on both sides of the Western Hemisphere and around Australia indicates new land risen to the surface. Note the course of the dark part of the Map. All of Europe, Asia Minor, Northern Africa, all of South and East Asia, the East Indies, the Philippine Islands and Japan, Southeastern Siberia, Northern Alaska, Northern Canada, Southern Greenland, and Iceland will suffer deluge destruction and become extinct. The Western Hemisphere will rise out of the water and become a Continent once again, as large as it now is. The Gulf of Mexico will be transformed into an inland sea. The West Indies will amalgamate with Central America and the Great American Continent will be approximately five thousand miles wide at the Equator. With the new lands risen to the surface on both sides of the Western Hemisphere extending from Nova Scotia to Cape Horn on the Atlantic seaboard and from Alaska to Cape Horn on the Pacific seaboard; all seaports of the Western Hemisphere will become way inland cities. Australia will rise out of the water and join with New Zealand and become a continent three times their present size. Note the position of the poles, with the new North Pole in Siberia East of the Ural Mountains, in the region of Omsk; Western Siberia will be in the bleakest Arctic, with the Poles of the world in their new moorings. The United States will be so close to the new Equator that the mildness or Florida will be this whole nation's climate. The physiographical position or the Western Hemisphere will be such that the sun will rotate breadthwise over this Hemisphere and shine lengthwise over it. Its climate will be uniformly warm and beautifully pleasant throughout. The Little Americas in the Antarctic and the Northern part of Greenland will emerge from their frigid isolation, and in time become inhabitable. Australia will be in a cooler climate than now prevalent. Her climate will be like that or Southern Canada and the Northern part of the United States. The outlines of this Map were presented through inspirational vision and are authentic. A proclamation with reference to this Map will be made in the near future. Respectfully yours, A. Zingg (A-Z - Alpha Omega)" (Ruderman)
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Zingg, Andrew
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""The outlines of this Map were presented through inspirational vision and are authentic!" - A. Zing (A-Z - Alpha Omega) Large self-published map of the world, depicting how it would be transformed by a "cycle change" which the author had foreseen in an "inspirational vision". Zingg alleges that the world's axis would shift, resulting in a massive climate change, as well as a lifting up of some bodies of land, and a submerging of others. The whole vision has an interesting pro-American inflection; the predicted apocalypse would result in the wholesale destruction of the Old World (Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Asia), whereas the New World would be considerably larger (5,000 miles wide at Panama) and the climate would improve. One is tempted to understand the map in the context of the geopolitics of the time - in the leadup to World War II and the destruction it would bring to the places that Zingg mentions. The online Catalog of Copyright Entries shows that a copyright was granted to Andrew Zingg on January 21, 1939, for a "Map of Future Events". Zingg's Treatise A NEW MAP OF THE WORLD (There will be a Cycle Change of this Globe in the near Future). This map portrays the world in its new form after the Cycle Change has taken place. We are now living in that age in which a physical change of the Globe will soon occur in which this world will roll (in its orb) to a new point of balance which will swing its axis into new moorings, the North Pole will be shifted into Siberia east of the Ural Mountains, and the South Pole in the South Pacific Ocean. Through this cataclysm of the Globe the geography and the climate of the world will be greatly changed. The dark part of the Map represents that part of the world which will suffer inundation. The checkered part on both sides of the Western Hemisphere and around Australia indicates new land risen to the surface. Note the course of the dark part of the Map. All of Europe, Asia Minor, Northern Africa, all of South and East Asia, the East Indies, the Philippine Islands and Japan, Southeastern Siberia, Northern Alaska, Northern Canada, Southern Greenland, and Iceland will suffer deluge destruction and become extinct. The Western Hemisphere will rise out of the water and become a Continent once again, as large as it now is. The Gulf of Mexico will be transformed into an inland sea. The West Indies will amalgamate with Central America and the Great American Continent will be approximately five thousand miles wide at the Equator. With the new lands risen to the surface on both sides of the Western Hemisphere extending from Nova Scotia to Cape Horn on the Atlantic seaboard and from Alaska to Cape Horn on the Pacific seaboard; all seaports of the Western Hemisphere will become way inland cities. Australia will rise out of the water and join with New Zealand and become a continent three times their present size. Note the position of the poles, with the new North Pole in Siberia East of the Ural Mountains, in the region of Omsk; Western Siberia will be in the bleakest Arctic, with the Poles of the world in their new moorings. The United States will be so close to the new Equator that the mildness or Florida will be this whole nation's climate. The physiographical position or the Western Hemisphere will be such that the sun will rotate breadthwise over this Hemisphere and shine lengthwise over it. Its climate will be uniformly warm and beautifully pleasant throughout. The Little Americas in the Antarctic and the Northern part of Greenland will emerge from their frigid isolation, and in time become inhabitable. Australia will be in a cooler climate than now prevalent. Her climate will be like that or Southern Canada and the Northern part of the United States. The outlines of this Map were presented through inspirational vision and are authentic. A proclamation with reference to this Map will be made in the near future. Respectfully yours, A. Zingg (A-Z - Alpha Omega)" (Ruderman)
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[R.U.N.A., Grasso, Magg. A.A. Renato]
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1938-XVI edition.
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John Bartholomew & Son Ltd.
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