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[Albert Richard Co., Smith. G.E.]
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Pictorial football map of the United States, focusing primarily on college, but illustrating professional teams as well. With team nicknames, and major conference championships, it also documents the major professional clubs. Shows players, cheerleaders, etc. Map was issued by Albert Richard, a manufacturer of men's and boys outer sport coats. On verso Shows a variety of Richard's jackets for sale with explanatory text, various retail clothing stores and list of selected players for 1950. Includes notes.
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Gross, Alexander
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Full color map. Showing state boundaries, capitals, cities, towns, major roads, railroads, rivers, lakes, parks, mountains, Indian Reservations, steamer routes and distances. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Date estimated.
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News Map of the Week, Inc.
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Lithographed world map, in color. Shows political boundaries and military events of World War II, from February 13 to 19, 1942. Relief illustrated with hachures. Includes legend indicating average February temperatures. Descriptive text throughout, e.g.: Four Italian ships torpedoed. Map indexed according to historical notes beneath map. Features photographs, illustrations, and international time zones. With four inset maps: Thailand -- (China) -- (Texas, New Mexico and Arizona) -- Blueprint for building Army of 700,000. Also, with diagram: Construction in U. S. Map is 56 x 115 cm, on sheet 89 x 120 cm, folded to 31 x 23 cm.
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Montenegro, Nina
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Map of the United States showing drainage from rivers to oceans. Simple line drawing, composed of only the routes of rivers; without any boundary demarcations. "All things merge into one" in pencil at bottom, as well as artist's dated signature.
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American Airlines Inc.
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Issued as an advertisement in a magazine, with summary of the air age, and how it applies to our world view. Mankind is no longer dependent on water or land to travel, so those elements are removed from the map. And what you are left with is a totally different take on who your neighbors are. Showing just city names and their approximate distance, it is a new view that would change everything. Date estimated. Map 23 x 23 cm, on sheet 36 x 26 cm. "Reprints of this advertisement available upon request. Address American Airlines, Inc. Dept. 'B.' New York Airport Station, New York." (See Pub List No. 11632.000 for reprint copy.)
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Howell, J. Frank
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Map of the United States showing the "Transcontinental Line" spanning the country from New York City to Los Angeles. Printed with blue ink. Includes seal for American Telephone & Telegraph Co. Map 22 x 35 cm, on sheet 27 x 61 cm.
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Dicus, Garner Parker , 1921-1999
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American Library Association
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Shows the initiatives of the Library War Service of the American Library Association to provide books and other library materials to military installations in the United States and overseas during World War I.
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News Map of the Week, Inc.
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Lithographed world map, in color. Shows political boundaries and military events of World War II, from January 2 to 8, 1942. Relief illustrated with hachures. Descriptive text throughout, e.g.: British take total of 7,000 prisoners here. Map indexed according to historical notes beneath map. Features photographs, illustrations, and international time zones. With four inset maps: The fortress of Corregidor Island -- (Br. Malaya) -- Where U. S. trains troops for war -- Highlights of the War in 1941. Also, with diagram: U. S. donations for war relief. Map is 56 x 115 cm, on sheet 89 x 120 cm, folded to 31 x 23 cm.
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Southern Pacific Company
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[Purdy, Earl, United States. Public Works Administration. Division of Information]
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Large map of the United States showing in pictures on the map and in the borders many of the projects of the Public Works Administration. A note says "In picture and legend, this map indicates how the Federal Public Works Administration has aided local communities to rebuild the United States." Illustrated projects include highways, dams, schools, post offices, court houses, bridges, housing, irrigation districts, parks, etc. Printed in full color.
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[Bodmer, Karl, Maximilian of Wied, Thorn, William]
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A restrike from the original plate. Originally thought to be drawn by Bodmer, current research suggests that the cartographer was Lt. Col. William Thorn who used Tanner's Map of the United States of America, 1837 edition, as a source. The first ed. was published in Germany in 1839. With outline color. Relief shown by hachures. Ornamental title cartouche. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich.
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[Jenney, W. L. B., Kossak, William, Muller, John B., United States. Army. Military Division of the Mississippi]
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General map showing the entire South, with dark lines indicating the movement of Sherman's forces in Georgia and Tennessee. a list of authorities is given. Plate 117:1 in "Atlas to Accompany..." Without color.
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[Catholic Church, Hausermann, R.]
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Issued as "Supplement aux Missions catholiques," issued with the journal "Les Missions catholiques," v. 32, 1900. The western topography is very well done. Tables below the map "Etat du catholicisme aux Etats-Unis en 1900," give statistics on the Church in the U.S in 1900. Full printed color by state. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Prime meridians: Paris and Greenwich.
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[Annand, George, Van Doren, Carl]
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C.S. Hammond & Company
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Includes portraits of all the presidents, text, list of presidents, and blank table for recording 1964 election results. Color.
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Mulford, John C.
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Color pictorial map of the proposed United States highway system, depicts a nation wide highway system linking all regions of the country. The chart blow map shows a progressive expansion of the highway network to be built as traffic and military needs of the nation require from one-way to two-ways to three and four ways. Includes state boundaries, major cities and notes.
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McCandlish, Edward
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Pictorial Ration map of the U.S., was created by Edward McCandlish, copyrighted and published by Hagstrom under the Bill Whiffletree trademark. Published as a companion piece to the Bootlegger Map (see our copy) filled with illustrations, commenting on the effects of rationing during WW II. Shows place names as plays on words, The "pints" of the compass are Norse, Wets, Yeast, and Souse. Date estimated. Includes text, "Bill Whiffletree on rationing." "Greenwich village longitude." Note: "This map is absolutely Guaranteed to be goofy ..."
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Turner, Stanley F.
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Color map, with inset of "The ocean fronts." Mercator's projection. Shows international and states boundaries, capitals, major cities, landmarks, state flags and flowers, air fields and naval stations. Includes vignette illustrations depicting war events involving U.S. armed forces and decorative compass rose. Includes Legend and chart featuring statistics on Army and Navy personnel, Naval Fleet, additional camps and locations etc. Relief shown pictorially.
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France. Commission des sciences et arts d'Egypte
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Map of the United States. Insets: Letter from Benjamin Franklin to Monsieur de Vergennes; Letter from El Conde de Aranda to El Conde de Floridablanca; Nouvelle carte de la Baye d'Hudson. Relief shown pictorially. Includes historical text. Map originally published as: Amerique septentrionale avec les routes, distances en miles, villages et etablissements Francois et Anglois, par le Docteur Mitchel. Paris : Le Rouge, 1776. Later additions added by Benjamin Franklin in 1782. Series: "This map is one of a series of similar colored maps, depicting the 13 original states, from New Hampshire to Georgia at the time of the formation of the Constitution ..."
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Buell, Abel, 1742-1822
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Map of the United States, with 4 maps of "Claims and cessions of western lands, 1776-1802." In upper margin: "The United States of America at the time of ratification of the Constitution, from original maps in the American Geographical Society of New York and the Library of Congress at Washington. Issued by the United States Sesquicentennial Commission". Include decorative title cartouche and historical notes. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian is Philadelphia. Series: "This map is one of a series of similar colored maps, depicting the 13 original states, from New Hampshire to Georgia at the time of the formation of the Constitution ..."
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Railway Express Agency Inc. Air Express Division
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1941 map of the United States with pictorial borders. Shows air express routes, international air express connections, cities served by Air Express through coordination with Railway Express.
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Bowers, David
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Color map of the United States, surrounded by illustration of various types of locomotives, with name of steam and electric trains, representing the history and progress of American railroad. Shows state boundaries. Includes railroad equipment, compass rose and notes. "The named trains on the map shows the modern movements in steam and electric transportation in the United States."
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Kalimedia (Firm)
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The Atlas of True Names shows the etymological roots, or original meanings, of the familiar terms on today's maps of the United States. By Kalimedia. Includes index, list of abbreviation, biography, compass rose and text: "The country reveals a blend of Native American place names, an assortment of placenames of all European settlers and explorers, flavored with those of Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic, Old Egyptian and Phoenician origin." Relief shown by shadings.
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[Walker, Frank C., United States. Post Office Department]
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Color map of the United States, with with 5 insets: Alaska- Canada; Hawaiian Islands; Trans-Pacific routes; Trans-Atlantic routes; Latin America. Shows domestic and international and service routes to the States, Canada, Central and South America, West Africa, Western Europe, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
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[Walker, Frank C., United States. Post Office Department]
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Color map of America. Shows location of delivery and routes to Canada, Central and South America, West Africa, Western Europe, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
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[Albert Richard Co., Cheeseman, F.E.]
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Pictorial map of the United States, demonstrates how popular football had become by the beginning of World War II. With a primary emphasis on the collegiate side of the sport, with team nicknames, 1940 season records, and major conference championships, it also documents the major professional clubs, only ten at the time. Map illustrated by F.e. Cheeseman, shows players and college banners. Beneath the map is a Key to Locations, Nicknames and 1940 Records, issued by Albert Richard, a manufacturer of men's and boys outer sport coats. This menswear company published a series of football maps from the late 1930s to early 1950. On verso Shows a variety of Richard's jackets for sale with explanatory text, various retail clothing stores and list of 1941 schedules for the "major conference schools including Army, Navy, Notre Dame. The map carries the endorsement of the noted sports writer Grantland Rice, and reports his selections for the 1940 All-America team.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Long Lines Department.
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Map of the world depicts the overseas American telephone and telegraph international radio telephone service as of February 1, 1946. Including existing and planned services from facilities in New York, Miami, San Francisco and Seattle with dozens of cities worldwide. Showing existing service indicated by solid lines and plans for the expansion of its international radio telephone system by dashed lines. New radiotelephone circuits were established to connect the United States with Barbados, Egypt, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, and the Philippine Islands. Note: "Service with Alaska is furnished over radio facilities of the U.S. Army Communication system Inter.Connected with Bell system wire facilities at Seattle." There was no direct radiotelephone circuit with Barbados, Egypt, New Zealand, and Norway prior to the war. New circuits were authorized between Puerto Rico and the Netherlands West Indies, and between the United States and Austria.
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Raisz, Erwin
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Note at the bottom of the map: "From:E. Raisz. 1957. Enlargement and Composite by P. Wallick 5-'68." This map is a composite of parts of the Raisz map of Mexico (see our 7934.018) and the Raisz map of the United States (see our 7012.000).
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Ohman Company
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Color physical rolled map of the United States, 57x90 on sheet 74x92. In upper margin: Historical illustrations from 1492, 1620, 1807, 1828, 1880, and 1942. Coca Cola advertisement "compliments of the Coca Cola Bottling Company". Map showing state boundaries, capitals, cities, towns, roads, railroads, canals. Includes explanation and land elevation charts. Relief shown by gradient tints, shading, and spot heights. On verso: Index to the 1940 official census of the United States and adjoining portions of Canada and Mexico. Date estimated.
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[Automobile Club of America, National Highways Association]
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Color folded map of the United States highways, 86x126. Depicting the coast to coast highway network. The map was issued jointly by the National Highways Association and the Automobile Club of America with the object of promoting national highway systems. Cartography by John C. Mulford and C.C. Faunce. lithographed and printed by A. Hoen & Company, Baltimore. Includes numerous text block to the extensive information in the history of road building, information on the four fold system of highways, and organizational information on the National Highways Association including members of various councils. Shows state boundaries, cities, towns and many Indian Reservations in the United States in yellow.
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[Jones, Mary Sherwood Wright, Home Arts Needlecraft Magazin]
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Pictorial map of the United States, with pictorial upper and lower panels. Cover of the 1938 issue of Home Arts Needlecraft Magazine. Illustrated by Mary Sherwood Wright Jones. Throughout the states, various regional needlework and crafts are depicted pictorially. Relief shown pictorially. "Ten Cents).
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Crisp, Mary Ellen
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Text indicates map was available in pattern form for embroidery.
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[War Resisters League, Kowalok, Judy, Bickhart, Rick, Marsh, Michael]
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[Radioactive Waste Campaign, Resnikoff, Marvin, Bickhart, Rick]
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[War Resisters League, Hedemann, Ed, Bickhart, Rick]
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[War Resisters League, Hedemann, Ed, Hedemann, Grace, Jackson, Gale, Kraar, Jenifer]
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Rand McNally and Company
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Date estimated.
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Lloyd, James T.
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Made up of 5 map panels which form a single map, when assembled (see our composite map, List No. 12387.003).
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Lloyd, James T.
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Color. Has a pasted-in sheet which provides a legend relating to map colors and areas of Unioin and Confederate control in the American Civil War as of October 4, 1864. Also includes a note warning customers of a substandard series of maps being sold under the brand "Lloyd's Maps".
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[Smith, M., Moore, Thurston]
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Untitled color pictorial map of the United States with historical and geographical notations, showing the birthplaces of various performing artists. Shows international and state boundaries, cities, towns, rivers and mountains. Numerous small drawings on the map of each state depict sights, people, activities, crops, animals, populated places, Native American reservations, etc. Relief shown pictorially and by spot heights. Includes a compass rose decorated with a guitar, oriented with the north to upper right.
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Gordenier, W.H.
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Also shows route of the Great Northern Railway.
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