| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 6467 |  | Details | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | |
| USCGS poster for Nautical Charts |
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U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey |
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| LOC:90 |
| $1,250.00 | U-S--Coast-and-Geodetic-Survey | USCGS-poster-for-Nautical-Charts | Surprisingly scarce poster ca 1970s, originally published in 1959, advertising nautical charts sold by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington, D. C. A later re-issue published by the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Ocean Service. At one time paper copies of the poster were available by order from the NOAA Distribution Branch but after 2013 products have been only available in PDF print-on-demand delivery.
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A map dealer's dream meta-poster!
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WorldCat contains only one record of the re-issued poster, at the University of Maryland. No copies of the original 1959 poster are known to me.
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Selected dates useful for dating U.S. Coast Survey charts:
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<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>1807 - President Thomas Jefferson establishes Survey of the Coast.</li>
<li>1836 - Survey of the Coast was renamed U.S. Coast Survey. </li>
<li>1878 - U.S. Coast Survey renamed as Coast and Geodetic Survey.</li>
<li>1970 - Coast and Geodetic Survey included within the NOAA and renamed National Geodetic Survey.</li>
<li>2013 - NOAA ends printing of lithographic charts in favor of PDF.</li>
</ul>
</div> |
| 6506 |  | Details | Dummer, H. Boylston | |
| Rare unrecorded pictorial historical map Boston South Shore |
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Dummer, H. Boylston |
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| LOC: |
| $450.00 | Dummer--H--Boylston | Rare-unrecorded-pictorial-historical-map-Boston-South-Shore | Unrecorded and very scarce <strong>pictorial map of Boston's South Shore</strong> including the towns of Hingham and Cohasset. The map includes the locations of Bumkin Island, Weir River, World's End, Planters Hill, Sandy Beach, and Hominy Point. Inset illustrations of historical structures including the Garrison House, "Old Ship Church" and "The Old Ordinary" as well as named homes of local families including Ulman, Beal, Reilly, Donovan, Bolles, Foss and the entrance to the estate of Mrs. Thomas J. Plant and Mrs. E.R. Thayer's Weir River Farm.
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No examples of the map in WorldCat, OWA, or AMPR. No other copies found online. An online search turned up another map by Dummer in a very similar style and format: "Points of Interest in Quaint Marblehead, published by the Marblehead Craft Shop.
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Signed, and dated within to August 4, 1929, |
| 6515 |  | Details | Bertius, Petrus | 1616 |
| Fine 1616 map of Mexico, Yucatan, Nicaragua and offshore islands |
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Bertius, Petrus |
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| 1616 |
| LOC:78 |
| $275.00 | Bertius--Petrus | Fine-1616-map-of-Mexico--Yucatan--Nicaragua-and-offshore-islands | Attractive original engraved map of the Yucatan Peninsula (Iucatana), Southern Mexico and Nicaragua by Petrus Bertius.
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Petrus Bertius' 1616 map of the Yucatan Peninsula (Iucatana) and a portion of Central America is hand colored with attractive hachuring in the oceans that provides an interesting dimensionality to this scarce artifact.
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Very scarce original reduced-size version created by Bertius in 1616 to meet the demands of a growing and cost conscious market. This very fine map covers a wide area that includes the western portion of Cuba, northern Nicaragua, Honduras, the Yucatan Peninsula and southern Mexico (Nova Hispanie Pars). |
| 6545 |  | Details | Mason, Charles and Jeremiah Dixon | 1769 |
| Scarce Chesapeake region map from the survey of Mason and Dixon |
|
Mason, Charles and Jeremiah Dixon |
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| 1769 |
| LOC: |
| $400.00 | Mason--Charles-and-Jeremiah-Dixon | Scarce-Chesapeake-region-map-from-the-survey-of-Mason-and-Dixon | Scarce map of the Chesapeake Bay region with portions of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The map shows the results of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon's survey of the boundary between the states of Pennsylvania and Maryland. Published in Gentleman's Magazine, 1769.
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Surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon spent 58 months establishing the boundaries of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia. The team attained widespread recognition as the creators of the Mason-Dixon Line, the de facto border between the northern and southern United States. Key features include: the Potowmack River, Cape May, Cape Charles, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Annapolis. Shows several of the key roads in use during the mid 18th-century. |
| 6491 |  | Details | Mannevillette, d'Apres | 1775 |
| Antique nautical chart of the Bangka or Banca Strait |
|
Mannevillette, d'Apres |
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| 1775 |
| LOC:90 |
| $250.00 | Mannevillette--d-Apres | Antique-nautical-chart-of-the-Bangka-or-Banca-Strait | Antique nautical chart of the Detroit du Banca or Bangka Strait from 1775 by Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas-Denis D’ Après de Mannevillette (1707 – 1780). Inset chart of a smaller strait between the Isle de Sel and part of Biliton Island or Belitung Island. That strait lies approximately 70 miles to the east of south Bangka Island.
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The map is particularly interesting historically as it incorporates paste-over corrections to the eastern portion of the Isle de Banca with the previously charted coastline still faintly visible beneath the corrections. According to a pasted note at bottom left, the pasted corrections to the northeast of Bangka Island were based on the observations of M. Crozet. Julien Crozet was second in command during the French expedition of Marion De Fresne to Tasmania, New Zealand, and the South Pacific, sailing in 1771. Crozet assumed command of the expedition after the voyage's commander, Marion De Fresne, and 26 crew members were killed by the Maori Ngare Raumati tribe off the coast of New Zealand in June 1772.
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Bangka Strait is the narrow body of water that separates the island of Sumatra from the Indonesian island of Bangka. Bangka is one of the world's most important tin-producing areas. |
| 6490 |  | Details | Hegi, Franz | 1830 |
| Acquatint view of Gibraltar as seen from offshore |
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Hegi, Franz |
|
| 1830 |
| LOC:86 |
| $300.00 | Hegi--Franz | Acquatint-view-of-Gibraltar-as-seen-from-offshore | Acquatint engraved view of Gibraltar in 1830 as seen from offshore by Franz Hegi (1774 - 1850). B&W on wove paper. 22" x 17" within the platemark.
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French credits at bottom: "Peint par Noël, Gravé par Fr. Hegi. Imprimé par Schweizer, à Paris chez M. Bance ainé rue St. Denis No.214. |
| 6521 |  | Details | Nautical Warehouse | 1830 |
| Rare trade card Nautical Warehouse Leith Scotland harbor map |
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Nautical Warehouse |
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| 1830 |
| LOC:300 |
| $375.00 | Nautical-Warehouse | Rare-trade-card-Nautical-Warehouse-Leith-Scotland-harbor-map | Rare lithographed trade card c. 1830 for the Nautical Warehouse in Leith, Scotland. 4.5" x 3". As a logo a naval officer ("the Little Midshipman") is shown with a sextant taking a sighting atop a bracket shelf bearing the name "Hume."
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Verso with a plan of Leith Harbor. The plan shows the East and West piers, a Martello Tower offshore, two wet docks and a small number of depth soundings leading to the entrance into the harbor between the two piers. The map includes an arrow showing the set off the ebb tide, an important consideration for mariners entering the harbor given the small entrance.
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Recto reads:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
AT THE NAUTICAL WAREHOUSE 57 SHORE, Sign of the NAVAL OFFICER are sold Charts of North Sea, Baltic, Atlantic, English, and St. Georges Channel &c
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The trade card goes on to list many of the items sold at the Nautical Warehouse:
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<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>Nories, Riddles, and Moore's Navigations</li>
<li>Bibles</li>
<li>Tonnage tables</li>
<li>Mathematical instruments</li>
<li>Log books</li>
<li>Coaster's guides</li>
<li>Shipmaster's Assistant</li>
<li>Parallel Rules</li>
</ul>
</div>
Lithographed by Hume. |
| 6460 |  | Details | Heck, Georg | 1849 |
| Antique plans for a three-decked warship ship-of-the-line. |
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Heck, Georg |
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| 1849 |
| LOC:78 |
| $140.00 | Heck--Georg | Antique-plans-for-a-three-decked-warship-ship-of-the-line- | Original, antique maritime architectural views of a large three-deck ship-of-the-line. This antique print is full of nautical renderings including a plan of the hull contour; an elevation view showing side framing; a cutaway showing bottom-deck framing plan; a stowage plan view; and numerous smaller details related to naval architecture.
<br><br>Steel-plate engraving. |
| 6459 |  | Details | Heck, Georg | 1851 |
| 19th-century engraving sailing ship and rigging |
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Heck, Georg |
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| 1851 |
| LOC:78 |
| $140.00 | Heck--Georg | 19th-century-engraving-sailing-ship-and-rigging | Steel-plate line engraving depicting a triple-decked ship-of-the-line and some of the rigging and equipment with special emphasis on blocks, tackle, and armament. From Georg Heck's "Iconographic Encyclopedia" published by Rudolph Garrigue in New York in 1851. Cool! |
| 6531 |  | Details | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | 1851 |
| Rare chart of Hell Gate and its approaches New York City |
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U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey |
|
| 1851 |
| LOC:53 |
| $850.00 | U-S--Coast-and-Geodetic-Survey | Rare-chart-of-Hell-Gate-and-its-approaches-New-York-City | Rolled, antique navigational and hydrographic chart of Hell Gate at the East River of New York City, 1851. Original and scarce.
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This chart encompasses what was previously a dangerous area to navigate. According to the the NOAA website, during the 18th and early 19th century, strong currents and submerged rocks made Hell Gate <a target="_blank" style="color:#9BAFCB" href=" http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/new_york_charts/hell_gate.html"> "a graveyard for ships"</a>. This chart shows Hell Gate in 1851, the year when the U.S. Army began blasting underwater rocks and obstructions to make the channel safe for marine traffic.
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With sailing directions and numerous depth soundings. Copper-plate engraving with very fine detail. Visible plate mark with ink smudges ouside the neatline confirm usage of the intaglio printing method from an engraved copper plate. A separately issued chart, not a marked as a 'survey' or 'preliminary' chart on thin paper issued in the annual reports to Congress. Contains the circular stamp of the U.S. Coast Survey Office. |
| 2543 |  | Details | Fuller and Whitney | 1885 |
| Antique manuscript surveyor's trace of Boston's Charlesgate East area |
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Fuller and Whitney |
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| 1885 |
| LOC:0 |
| $550.00 | Fuller-and-Whitney | Antique-manuscript-surveyor-s-trace-of-Boston-s-Charlesgate-East-area | Original manuscript cadastral ink trace on tracing cloth from September 22, 1885 providing plan detail for a portion of the Boston Back Bay on Beacon and Marlborough streets west of Massachusetts Avenue and east of Charlesgate East. This trace would have been used as the reproducible artifact to create one or more blueprints, then a new reprographic technology. <a href="https://www.rarecharts.com/ShowDetail/Creator/Fuller-and-Whitney/Title/Antique-blueprint-surveyor-s-plan-of-Boston-s-Charlesgate-East-area/2540" target="_blank">Matches this original blueprint </a> in our stock.
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With Fuller & Whitney's ink oval over stamp. MS number in pencil at bottom right: "1277".
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</div>
The area for this manuscript plan in Boston, Massachusetts is bounded on three sides by the Charles River, West Chester Park (now Massachusetts Avenue) and Ipswich Street (now Charlesgate East). Verso is blank.
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| 6519 |  | Details | Fuller and Whitney | 1885 |
| Charles River Basin and Harvard Bridge Economic Studies |
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Fuller and Whitney |
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| 1885 |
| LOC:300 |
| $1,800.00 | Fuller-and-Whitney | Charles-River-Basin-and-Harvard-Bridge-Economic-Studies | Manuscript surveyors-trace economic option studies for road approaches and the proposed West Chester Park Bridge (now, Harvard Bridge, MIT Bridge, or Massachusetts Avenue Bridge). Eight surveyors' trace documents to support civil engineering and economic options for the placement of the Harvard Bridge, spanning the Charles River between Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts. General plans for the new bridge were approved in July 1887; the bridge opened in September 1891.
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The lot consists of eight MS pen and ink traces (for blueprint production) consisting of two base maps of Boston and Cambridge as well as six MS trace sheets with street and bridge options. The two base maps show the Charles River Basin with the existing West Boston Bridge (Longfellow Bridge) and road network. One map has much greater detail on street names and improved larger lettering.
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Six map overlays:<br>
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li>No 1. Shows the proposed new route as well as text and tabular information for the gain or loss of time over the proposed new route.</li>
<li>No. 2 Shaded area shows lands of the Charles River Embankment Company (proposed Esplanade),
proposed approaches to the Charles River Esplanade and proposed West Chester Park Bridge (aka Harvard Bridge)</li>
<li>No. 3 Approaches for the proposed West Chester Park Bridge (east of the final location)</li>
<li>No. 4 Second option. Bridge located at West Chester (aka Massachusetts Avenue) but terminated slightly more to the east.</li>
<li>No. 5 Third option. Bridge at West Chester, and a proposed wide avenue extending to the end of Commonwealth in Cambridge.</li>
<li>No. 6 Fourth option. No Esplanade </li>
</ul>
</div>
Scale 1650 feet to one inch. |
| 2541 |  | Details | Fuller and Whitney | 1886 |
| Antique blueprint plan of Boston near Huntington and Massachusetts Avenues |
|
Fuller and Whitney |
|
| 1886 |
| LOC:0 |
| $300.00 | Fuller-and-Whitney | Antique-blueprint-plan-of-Boston-near-Huntington-and-Massachusetts-Avenues | Original cadastral blueprint plan from Jan. 1, 1886 of a portion of the Boston' Back Bay east of Massachusetts Avenue. The area includes the current location of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra at 236 Huntington Ave. In the upper portion of the plan an artifact of the blueprint process reveals where a piece of lint or vegetation landed between the surveyor's trace and blueprint paper during exposure of the paper to sunlight.
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The area for this blueprint in Boston, Massachusetts is bounded on three sides by Falmouth Street, West Chester Park (now Massachusetts Avenue) and St. Botolph Street. Verso is blank. Sheet is labeled "M". |
| 6476 |  | Details | Rosen, Ludwig | 1890 |
| Engineers manuscript contour drainage plan of the Gärdet in Stockholm Sweden |
|
Rosen, Ludwig |
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| 1890 |
| LOC:1402 |
| $900.00 | Rosen--Ludwig | Engineers-manuscript-contour-drainage-plan-of-the-Gärdet-in-Stockholm-Sweden | Early and rare engineer's pen and ink manuscript contour drainage plan of Stockholm's Ladugårdsgärdet [1] by States Engineer Ludwig Rosen in 1890. A hand-drawn and hand colored detailed plan on supple surveyors tracing cloth covering land that was at the time largely undeveloped. Today the outer portions of the Gärdet are well developed leaving a central open space that is part of Stockholm’s National City Park.
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An important manuscript engineering plan related to urban growth, development, and the environmental preservation of Stockholm, Sweden.
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<div id="0" align="center">
<a title="Täckdikningsplan for Ladugårdsgärde vid Stockholm"></a>
<img id="3" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6476/SCV_6476_Title.jpg" alt="Täckdikningsplan for Ladugårdsgärde vid Stockholm" width="300"/> <br><small>Title to Rosen's plan of the Ladugårdsgärde (1890)</small>
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Plan shows land contour and numerous profile cross-section inset drawings. From a translation of the title "Täckdikningsplan" we can derive that the purpose of the plan was for the development of "cover ditches" or sub-surface drainage systems. North oriented to upper left. Detailed explanatory legend fills the left side of the plan.
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[1] Ladugårdsgärdet or Gärdet is a suburb in Stockholm County east and northeast of Östermalm with a current population of roughly 21,500 residents. Until the mid 1800’s, the eastern areas of Stockholm were known as Ladugårdslandet, or “The Barn Land.” Throughout the 1900’s, large areas of Gärdet were developed. |
| 6503 |  | Details | Peninsular and Oriental Shipping Co. | 1910 |
| P and O Pleasure Mediterranean Cruises Handbill for 1910 |
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Peninsular and Oriental Shipping Co. |
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| 1910 |
| LOC:78 |
| $120.00 | Peninsular-and-Oriental-Shipping-Co- | P-and-O-Pleasure-Mediterranean-Cruises-Handbill-for-1910 | Small strikingly vivid, original lithographed handbill for Mediterranean cruises with the ships of London-based Peninsular and Oriental (P&O) Steam Navigation Company in 1910. Twin inset schedules with details and dates of cruises aboard the Mantua and the Vectis two of P&O's eight new steamers of the "M" class. Text on verso.
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A very attractive and colorful chromolithograph related to Mediterranean tourism at the beginning of the twentieth century. |
| 6429 |  | Details | Holmes, Bradford Butterick | 1911 |
| Four cyanotype sketches for a concealed five shot revolver |
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Holmes, Bradford Butterick |
|
| 1911 |
| LOC:300 |
| $380.00 | Holmes--Bradford-Butterick | Four-cyanotype-sketches-for-a-concealed-five-shot-revolver | Set of four original antique cyanotype or blueprint inventor's sketches for a concealable revolver. The revolver was designed by Bradford Butterick Holmes in 1911. In December, 1912 Holmes was granted US patent #1,047,054 on the revolver. It was Bradford Holmes' first patent, but not his last.
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<div id="1" align="center">
<a title="Holmes' Revolver."></a>
<img id="1" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6429/SC_6429_400x300.jpg" alt="" width="250"/> <br><small>Fig. 1. Holmes concealed revolver</small>
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The first sheet of four (Fig. 1.) shows an actual size depiction of the revolver concealed within the user's fist, only the short barrel extending beyond the fingers of a hand stretched from a cuff-linked shirt. Sheets 2, 3, and 4 are double size renderings of the revolver's mechanical details. The sketches are dated October 11, 1911 and witnessed by Ruth Vickery Holmes (Bradford's wife) and Hilma Christenson.
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In 1903 Bradford Butterick Holmes is recorded as a first year student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with his home town listed as Mare Island, California. Apparently Bradford Holmes wed Ruth in May 1909 and together they had two children, Elizabeth and Robert.
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Bradford Holmes was a prolific inventor. Between 1912 and 1952 Holmes was granted over 70 patents, some for Bendix Aviation, his presumed employer. In addition to the revolver Holmes' inventions include:
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<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>Automatic steering device for dirigible craft (US1640896A) </li>
<li>Pressure breathing regulator (US2544991A) </li>
<li>Demand valve control mechanism (US2608971A)</li>
<li>Electric timing system (US2080273A) </li>
<li>Windshield wiper and fluid motor therefor (US1731048A)</li>
</ul>
</div>
Ruth Holmes is named as a co-inventor on eight of Bradford's patents, largely from the 1930's, related to a dirigible steering mechanism. |
| 6562 |  | Details | Eldridge, George W. | 1913 |
| G. W. Eldridge navigation chart for Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket MA |
|
Eldridge, George W. |
|
| 1913 |
| LOC:0 |
| $2,750.00 | Eldridge--George-W- | G--W--Eldridge-navigation-chart-for-Martha-s-Vineyard-and-Nantucket-MA | A fine intact antique example of Eldridge's very desirable "Chart C" including the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket in Massachusetts. Once relatively plentiful, this splendid lithographed nautical chart by George Washington Eldridge is becoming increasing hard to find for sale.
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Copyright by George W. Eldridge, 1912.
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A very "user friendly" nautical chart that would have been appreciated by mariners in the early 20th century who lacked today's electronic navigational aids. This large linen-backed chart includes the following ports and towns: Edgartown, Siasconset, Nantucket town, Vineyard Haven, Oak Bluffs, Falmouth, Cotuit, Osterville, Hyannis, West Dennis, Harwich Port, and Chatham.
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Shown numerous islands along the coast including Chappaquiddick Island, Cuttyhunk Island, Nashawena Island, Pasque Island, Naushon Island, No Man's Land, Tuckernut Island, Muskeget Island, and Monomoy Beach, now Monomoy Island.
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Dotted with interesting comments and observations including:
<div class="indenttextblock">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li>"In passing Chatham in thick weather or night time bound to the Northward or Southward make use of the lead and do not go into less than 7 or 8 fathoms of water to avoid the bars that are rapidly extending from the shore and are dangerous."</li>
<li>"Vessels passing Nobska in either direction displaying signals will be reported by telegraph to the Boston Chamber of Commerce."</li>
<li>About the Nantucket Head of Harbor entrance: "Strangers should enter this place with caution as it changes with every storm from seaward."</li>
</ul>
</div>
Charles C. Hutchinson 152 State Street Boston General Agent. |
| 6553 |  | Details | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | 1916 |
| 8 Charts Inside Route New York to Key West or ICWW 1916 |
|
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey |
|
| 1916 |
| LOC:300 |
| $585.00 | U-S--Coast-and-Geodetic-Survey | 8-Charts-Inside-Route-New-York-to-Key-West-or-ICWW-1916 | Very scarce and complete set of eight U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey folding navigational charts for the inside route for maritime traffic on the eastern coast of the United States from New York South. Third edition. These historical charts from 1916 predate the U.S. Government's ownership of the route which later became part of the Intracoastal Waterway (ICWW) . Placed end to end, the charts would extend over 18 feet long.
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Includes the 94 page Coast Survey Sailing Directions that once housed the 8 charts in an attached interior envelope. Card cover. Binding intact. Price when issued was 20 cents.
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A bit of research shows that in its early history some portions of the inside route were owned and dredged by private entities who charged a toll to vessels for passage, sometimes by stringing a chain across narrow passages to restrict traffic flow. In fact, chart 7 contains manuscript pencil annotations, obviously made during a voyage, of "Toll" and "Toll chain" that reflects that little-known fact. Interestingly, the toll chains are not noted as part of the official chart. After 1919 Congress mandated that the entire passage should be turned over to the Federal government and the tolls were eliminated.<BR> </BR>
Size of each chart when folded is approximately 8" x 5". These 8 lithographed working navigational charts capture the full extent of the eastern U.S. inside route in detail with some manuscript pencil annotations, especially in Florida. Chart sections include roughly these areas and chart sizes: (one dimension is typically 10" and the other dimension is below). <BR>
1. Jersey City to Philadelphia - 10" <BR>
2. Philadelphia to Norfolk - 33" <BR>
3. Norfolk to Cape Lookout - 28" <BR>
4. Cape Lookout to Murphy Island - 31" <BR>
5. Murphy Island to Fernandina - 35" <BR>
6. Fernandina to Cape Canaveral -28" <BR>
7. Cape Canaveral to Miami -32" <BR>
8. Miami to Key West - 24" <BR> |
| 6538 |  | Details | Weston, T.W. | 1919 |
| Map of Pinellas County Florida with Fishing Grounds |
|
Weston, T.W. |
|
| 1919 |
| LOC:300 |
| $250.00 | Weston--T-W- | Map-of-Pinellas-County-Florida-with-Fishing-Grounds | Colorful lithographed map (8" x 16") of Pinellas County, Florida in 1919 by T.W. Weston issued in a folding 4" x 9" brochure by the Pinellas County Board of Trade. In addition to the Pinellas County map, the brochure includes a fine small oblique birds-eye view - "Dunedin - a typical coast town" (Fig 1.), a small regional distance chart extending for 1500 miles from Pinellas County (Fig 2.), descriptive text, and numerous photographs. <br><br>
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<a title="Dunedin, Florida Birds-eye View"></a>
<img id="1" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6538/SC_6538_Detail1.jpg" alt="Dunedin, Florida 1919 Birds-eye View" width="320"/> <br><small>Fig. 1 - 1919 Birds-eye View of Dunedin, Florida.</small>
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The Pinellas County map shows soil type (coastal beach, Parkwood loam, tidal marsh …) indicated by color overlaid with routes of steam railroads, electric railways, three types of roads, canals, and drainage districts.
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<div id="2" align="center">
<a title="Pinellas County Distance Chart"></a>
<img id="2" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6538/SC_6538_Detail2.jpg" alt="Distance chart related to Pinellas County Florida." width="250"/> <br><small>Fig. 2 - Statute mile distances from Pinellas County.</small>
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Red font denotes species of fish found around Pinellas County (Fig. 3) These fish include tarpon, trout, channel bass (redfish), mackerel, and kingfish.<br><br>
<div id="3" align="center">
<a title="Pinellas County Fish Species"></a>
<img id="3" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6538/SC_6538_Detail3.jpg" alt="Detail from Pinellas County Map." width="250"/> <br><small>Fig. 3 - Detail of Pinellas County fish species.</small>
</div> |
| 6472 |  | Details | Shurtleff, Elizabeth | 1927 |
| Rare pictorial map of the Isle of Shoals |
|
Shurtleff, Elizabeth |
|
| 1927 |
| LOC:53 |
| $2,100.00 | Shurtleff--Elizabeth | Rare-pictorial-map-of-the-Isle-of-Shoals | Very rare original full-color lithographed pictorial map of the Isle of Shoals from 1927 designed and drawn by Elizabeth Shurtleff. Copyright by Jessie E. Donahue (1927). Beautiful, saturated colors. With verse by Celia Thaxter and Frederick T McGill.
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Only two copies of Elizabeth Shurtleff's 1927 map of the Isle of Shoals were found in WorldCat. No record of a sale of the map was found online. A later much-revised edition of the Shurtleff's map was copyrighted and published in 1960 by Edward Rowe Snow.
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Captain John Smith discovered the Isle of Shoals in 1664 lying about seven miles offshore on the border of what are today the states of New Hampshire and Maine. |
| 6455 |  | Details | White, Ruth Taylor | 1929 |
| Six early pictorial airline route maps by Ruth Taylor White |
|
White, Ruth Taylor |
|
| 1929 |
| LOC:14 |
| $1,200.00 | White--Ruth-Taylor | Six-early-pictorial-airline-route-maps-by-Ruth-Taylor-White | Rare and fine eleven-page brochure for Western Air Express published in 1929, just three and one-half years after the airline was founded. <b>With six pictorial airline route maps or cartographs by famed illustrator Ruth Taylor White. </b> Maps with inset half-tone images of aircraft and flight operations.
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The Western Air Express Corporation, later Western Airlines, began its first passenger service in 1926 touting speed, comfort, and dependability. By 1928, employing Fokker Super Tri-motor passenger aircraft capable of transporting twelve passengers at a blistering 125 MPH, the airline "carried about eighteen percent of all inter-city passengers in the United States." In 1928 the company initiated a seaplane route from Catalina Island, California to Los Angeles, California. Maps include:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li><b>San Francisco - Los Angeles.</b> 365 miles, 3 hours. "The Worlds Model Air Line." Two facing sheets, each 7.5" x 8"</li>
<li><b>Los Angeles - Kansas City.</b> 1,417 miles - 12 hours. First and fastest all Daylight Passenger Airway." Two facing sheets each 7.5" x 8".</li>
<li><b>Los Angeles to Catalina.</b> 45 miles - 30 minutes. "Over land and sea. The first air passenger service in the United States. Single center-fold sheet 15" x 8".<br>
<b> Los Angeles to Tia Juana or Agua Caliente".</b> 116 miles - 1 hour. With above. </li>
<li><b>Los Angeles - Salt Lake City.</b> 600 miles - 6 hours. "Over the Old Mormon Trail". Two facing sheets each 7.5" x 8".</li>
<li>Map of the USA showing expected travel-time zones, indicated by color legend. No title. One half sheet.</li>
<li>B&W inset map showing location of the Western Air Express Terminal south of San Gabriel. No title.</li>
<li>Cover 8" x 9" showing all included passenger routes for Western Air Express.</li>
</ul>
</div>
Publication date noted within as October, 1929. Folds down to 4" x 9". |
| 6540 |  | Details | White, Ruth Taylor | 1929 |
| Pictorial Western Air Express route map by Ruth Taylor White |
|
White, Ruth Taylor |
|
| 1929 |
| LOC:78 |
| $135.00 | White--Ruth-Taylor | Pictorial-Western-Air-Express-route-map-by-Ruth-Taylor-White | Pictorial airline route map or cartograph by famed illustrator Ruth Taylor White for Western Air Express published in 1929, just three and one-half years after the airline was founded. Inset half-tone images of an early seaplane and of Avalon Harbor on Catalina. <br><br>
<div id="1" align="center">
<a title="Western Air Express 1929 Seaplane"></a>
<img id="1" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6540/SC_6540_Seaplane.jpg" alt="Western Air Express 1929 Seaplane" width="300"/> <br><small>Western Air Express 1929 Seaplane, LA to Catalina</small>
</div><br>
This map include two routes flown from Los Angeles by Western Air Express:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li><b>Los Angeles to Catalina.</b> 45 miles - 30 minutes. "Over land and sea. The first air passenger service in the United States.<br>
<b> Los Angeles to Tia Juana or Agua Caliente".</b> 116 miles - 1 hour.</li>
</div>
<div id="2" align="center">
<a title="Ruth Taylor White LA to Catalina route map details"></a>
<img id="2" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6540/SC_6540_Detail.jpg" alt="Ruth White map details" width="300"/> <br><small>Ruth Taylor White LA to Catalina route map detail</small>
</div><br>
The Western Air Express Corporation, later Western Airlines, began its first passenger service in 1926 touting speed, comfort, and dependability. By 1928, employing Fokker Super Tri-motor passenger aircraft capable of transporting twelve passengers at a blistering 125 MPH, the airline "carried about eighteen percent of all inter-city passengers in the United States." In 1928 the company initiated a seaplane route from Catalina Island, California to Los Angeles, California. Publication date: October, 1929. |
| 4841 |  | Details | Belanske, William E. | 1930 |
| Charts related to Vanderbilts circumnavigation in 1930 Belanske |
|
Belanske, William E. |
|
| 1930 |
| LOC:300 |
| $750.00 | Belanske--William-E- | Charts-related-to-Vanderbilts-circumnavigation-in-1930-Belanske | One lot of six (6) charts, each well-marked recto and verso with blue ink stamps of William E. Belanske, two with MS annotations. Belanske was an artist and former curator of William K. Vanderbilt's Marine Museum on his estate near Centerport, Long Island. These charts are related to the 1931 - 1932 circumnavigation of the world by William K. Vanderbilt II aboard the Motor Ship Alva with Belanske aboard recording flora and fauna.
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Two charts (Tuamotu and Marquesas) heavily annotated presumably in the hand of Belanske and based on research before the cruise. Topics include tattooing, sex morality, cannibalism, food, hunting, local personalities and notable historic events.
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
Near Takaroa: "Where Woronick the Parisian jewel expert bought the wonderful pearl that he made a fortune with. Mostly monsoons in these islands."
<br></br>
At Makatea: "Makatea is famous as the rendezvous of the infamous Marquesan half-caste Boraki the most picturesque pirate that ever sailed the South Pacific"
</div>
</br>
Recto with Navy Department ink stamp for the corrections date. On the verso each chart bears the blue ink hand-stamp "Property of William E. Belanske" and numerous manuscript identifiers. The six charts include:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li><b>Tuamotu Archipelago from a Survey of the U.S. Ex Ex in 1839.</b> 1872 / 1930. U.S. Navy. No. 77. 35"x24" MS Annotations. </li>
<li><b>The Marquesas Islands. From French Surveys in 1881 and 1882.</b> 1899 / 1930. U.S. Navy. No 1797. 21"x28". MS Annotations.</li>
<li>Port Phaeton and Approaches. 1902 / 1930 U.S. Navy. No. 1992. 27"x20".</li>
<li>East Coast of Viti Levu. 1914 / 1930. U.S. Navy. No. 2859. 38" x25"</li>
<li> Whitsunday Island to Percy Isles. 1924 / 1930. U.S. Navy. No 3455. 39"x25"</li>
<li>Borabora Island. 1902 / 1930 U.S. Navy. No. 2005. 22"x26".</li>
</ul>
</div> |
| 6466 |  | Details | Ambler, Edward Vassar | 1930 |
| Pictorial map of the Cape Ann Trail |
|
Ambler, Edward Vassar |
|
| 1930 |
| LOC:150 |
| $150.00 | Ambler--Edward-Vassar | Pictorial-map-of-the-Cape-Ann-Trail | Original 1930 pictorial map of the Cape Ann Trail, Massachusetts in a folding brochure (now flattened) published by the Gloucester, Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce. Attributed to Edward Vassar Ambler but the map is signed within the plate by "Mons". Copyright by Cottage Services, Inc. Text and cover on verso.
<br><br>
The map includes numerous pictograms highlighting key locations along the Cape Ann Trail. The border is filled with vignettes and text that provides detail about each feature. These features include:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>Norman's Woe</li>
<li>Five and Ten Pound Islands</li>
<li>Bass Rocks</li>
<li>Thatcher's Island</li>
<li>The Carillon Church</li>
<li>Ravenswood Park</li>
<li>Mother Ann</li>
<li>Rocky Neck</li>
</ul>
</div> |
| 6561 |  | Details | Howell and Graves | 1930 |
| Florence Alabama Lakeside Highlands Blueprint Plat Map Muscle Shoals |
|
Howell and Graves |
|
| 1930 |
| LOC:53 |
| $500.00 | Howell-and-Graves | Florence-Alabama-Lakeside-Highlands-Blueprint-Plat-Map-Muscle-Shoals | Rare original blueprint plat map of the the Lakeside Highlands subdivision on the east side of Lake Wilson in the Muscle Shoals District at Florence in Lauderdale County, Alabama. With a small scale inset context map (1 inch = 1 mile): "Muscle Shoals District Showing Location of Lakeside Highlands." G.P. Nicolopoolos Owner and Developer. Date ca. 1930.
<br><br>
Drawn by W.A. Dealy, the map includes insets of a suggested tree-lined street section and a suggested business section designed by landscape architect Frank M. Button ("The highest type of Architecture is our aim.") Streets shown include the existing Lee Highway and Wilson Dam Highway (South Wilson Dam Road), and the proposed Center Drive, Shoals Boulevard, and Lakeside Drive, East Lakeside Drive and two bridle paths.
<br><br>
<b>Background: </b>After the outbreak of WWI Congress passed the National Defense Act of 1916 which, provided for construction of several new dams and for two nitrate plants. Nitrates, formerly sourced from Chile, were used in explosives and were deemed critical to the war effort. The nitrate plants were to be located in Muscle Shoals with the nearby Wilson Dam (then under construction) to provide power for the plants. The first nitrates were produced from these plants in November of 1918. The war ended before completion of the dam and eventually the Government offered the incomplete Wilson Dam for public sale. Henry Ford (Detroit, Michigan) made an offer to pay for completion of the dams and the nitrate plants in return for a 99-year lease. Ford's vision was to build a city 75 miles wide, employing over 1 million workers. Ford's involvement caused a land boom. Politics ensued, Ford withdrew his offer, and the land boom faded.
<br></br>
Sources:<br>
Kazek, Kelly. "Could Muscle Shoals have been a hub rivaling Detroit? Henry Ford thought so". Al.com January 14, 2019.<br>
https://historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMJ0V_howell-graves-school_Muscle-Shoals-AL.html |
| 6478 |  | Details | Boyle, Stuart | 1931 |
| Elegant lithographed pictorial map of the Cape Peninsula South Africa |
|
Boyle, Stuart |
|
| 1931 |
| LOC:14 |
| $550.00 | Boyle--Stuart | Elegant-lithographed-pictorial-map-of-the-Cape-Peninsula-South-Africa | Lovely, original pictorial map of the Cape Peninsula in South Africa by illustrator Stuart Boyle. Stuart Boyle illustrated several books including Evelyn Waugh’s The Loved One.
<br><br>
This fine map of the Cape Peninsula is characterized by elegant, colorful design and superb execution, with locations, notes, and literary quotes identified in scrollwork captions. These include:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>For the seas call and the stars call, and oh! the call of the sky- G. Gould.</li>
<li>White as sand of Muizenberg spun before the gale - Kipling.</li>
<li>Under hot Constantia broad the vineyards lie - Kipling</li>
<li>Good bathing to be had here.</li>
<li>Some say this drive in unequalled anywhere.</li>
<li>Fish simply ask to be caught here.</li>
<li>These are the twelve apostles</li>
</ul>
</div>
Only three holdings of this 1931 pictorial map are identified in WorldCat. No copies currently for sale were located.
<br><br>
Verso with text and numerous photogravure images of locations around the Cape Peninsula.
<br><br>
Issued by the Cape Peninsula Publicity Association and the South African Railways and Harbours Administration in 1931. Printed by the Cape Times. |
| 6471 |  | Details | White, Ruth Taylor | 1932 |
| Ruth Taylor 1932 pictorial map cartograph Monterey Bay Region |
|
White, Ruth Taylor |
|
| 1932 |
| LOC:78 |
| $250.00 | White--Ruth-Taylor | Ruth-Taylor-1932-pictorial-map-cartograph-Monterey-Bay-Region | Fine original pictorial map or cartograph of the Monterey Bay Region by Ruth Taylor (1932). Later Ruth would sign her many maps with her married name, Ruth Taylor White. The map represents some of Ruth's earliest work, just three years after she drew four beautiful route-map cartographs for Western Air Express' newly inaugurated passenger service (1929). First edition, lacking the black redaction of the 2nd edition.
<br><br>
<div id="0" align="center">
<a title="Ruth Taylor White 1929 cartograph for Western Air Express"></a>
<img id="3" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6455/SC_6455_CaliRoutes.jpg" alt="Ruth Taylor White 1929 cartograph for Western Air Express" width="330"/> <br><small>Ruth Taylor White 1929 cartograph for Western Air Express.</small>
</div><br>
The cartograph was probably published by the Chamber of Commerce of the Pajaro Valley as the verso text promoting Watsonville, California refers to the map on the recto as "the marvelously scenic Monterrey Bay Region (pictured on the reverse side.)" |
| 6451 |  | Details | U.S. Geological Survey | 1935 |
| Fine large Geologic Map of Colorado |
|
U.S. Geological Survey |
|
| 1935 |
| LOC: |
| $500.00 | U-S--Geological-Survey | Fine-large-Geologic-Map-of-Colorado | Original large folding Geologic Survey Map of Colorado [1] from 1935, dissected and laid to linen. With an inset index map of Colorado. Includes an impressive table of the principal sources of geologic data that were used to compile the map of Colorado, USA. Published by the Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey.
<br><br>
Scarce in this format. Type of rock (igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary) is indicated by color keyed to an extensive index scattered across the right side of the map.<br><br>
[1] Geologic Map of Colorado by the United States Geological Survey W. C. Mendenhall Director in cooperation with the Colorado State Geological Survey Board and Colorado Metal Mining Fund 1935. |
| 6500 |  | Details | Page, Peter Hugh | 1936 |
| Rare pictorial map of Victoria, British Columbia with Ferry Routes |
|
Page, Peter Hugh |
|
| 1936 |
| LOC:78 |
| $495.00 | Page--Peter-Hugh | Rare-pictorial-map-of-Victoria--British-Columbia-with-Ferry-Routes | Rare pictorial auto map of Victoria, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada featuring the Mill Bay Ferry route as an element of the Scenic Circle auto route. The map features numerous small cartoonish drawings of local activities including golfing, hunting, fishing, gardening, and horse racing. No holdings of this rare pictorial auto route map are found anywhere else online, nor any record of sales. Dated within to 1936.
<br><br>
Locations noted on the map include Telegraph Beach, Victoria Golf Club, James Island, Sidney, Sidney Island, Esquimalt Harbor, and Cordova Bay.
<br><br>
On card stock, this unusual piece of cartographic ephemera includes the original string hanger still attached through two punched holes.
<br><br>
Recto with departure times for the Mill Bay Ferry from both Malahat and from Brentwood. Verso with a photo of the ferry - M.S. Cascade, an inset smaller-scale sketch map of the Victoria surrounding area, a mileage table, and text on points of interest and suggestions for the Scenic Circle drive.
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
"Ferry Trip across the placid waters of Saanich Arm, Sport Fishing preserve, where salmon up to 53-lbs. are taken and over fifty species of fish are found. From the Ferry can be seen Senanus Island, an ancient Indian burial ground, Bamberton Cement Works, Brentwood Cottage".
<br>and<br>
"A glance at the Map on the other side will convince you of the ease and simplicity of this Route. You can save MONEY, TIME and reduce your mileage from 83 to 45 by using this convenient connecting link [ferry] between Mr. BUTCHARTS GARNENS and the Famous MALAHAT DRIVE…"
</div> |
| 6487 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1938 |
| Roadside attraction flyer for mythical Hidden City South Dakota |
|
Anonymous |
|
| 1938 |
| LOC:78 |
| $135.00 | Anonymous | Roadside-attraction-flyer-for-mythical-Hidden-City-South-Dakota | Very scarce advertising flyer ca. 1938 with map for the long-forgotten <strong>Hidden City</strong>, a roadside attraction in South Dakota's Black Hills; Admission 25 cents.
<br><br>
<div id="ll" align="center">
<a title="Hidden City, SD"></a>
<img id="ii" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6487/SC_6487_DinoSign.jpg" alt="1940s sign for Hidden City Roadside Attraction" width="260"/> <br><small>1940s road sign for Hidden City <br>(not included)</small>
</div><br>
The recto teases "Did Alley Oop ? ? ? ? ? ." "Prehistoric Walls, Cross Walls, Arches and Pavements with Hieroglyphics. Lost City?" and includes a crude drawing of 1930s artist's concept of a caveman, complete with loincloth and club.
<br><br>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="1z" align="center">
<a title="Hidden City, SD"></a>
<img id="3" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6487/SC_6487_Detail.jpg" alt="" width="300"/> <br><small>Hidden City, South Dakota Roadside Attraction</small>
</div><br>
Verso with a road map of South Dakota highlighting the location of a number of area attractions, both large and small. The less well-known of these attractions include:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>Black Hills Rock Museum</li>
<li>Black Hills Sugar Factory, Belle Fourche</li>
<li>Stage Barn Caverns</li>
<li>Water Carnival and Race Meet</li>
<li>Nameless Cave</li>
<li>Strato Bowl</li>
</ul>
</div>
Earl Brockelsby, who later started another attraction in 1937, Reptile Gardens, worked as a tour guide at Hidden City. |
| 6436 |  | Details | Monterey California Planning Commission | 1939 |
| 1939 Master Plan with 4 maps City of Monterey California |
|
Monterey California Planning Commission |
|
| 1939 |
| LOC:300 |
| $2,400.00 | Monterey-California-Planning-Commission | 1939-Master-Plan-with-4-maps-City-of-Monterey-California | A landmark in planning for the city of Monterey, California, an early master plan to conserve local historic buildings and landscape features. A significant feature of those conservation efforts was Emerson Knight's establishment of a Ring Route (Map D.) that “links together most of the historic houses and makes broad suggestions for street tree and vacant lot planting." [1]
<br><br>
Rare <b>Master Plan for the City of Monterey, California</b> published May 24, 1939 by the Monterey California Planning Commission. 31 pages and acknowledgements, five maps, (4 detached), more. 8 1/2" x 11". Leather-like embossed card cover, string binding.
<br><br>
Contents include text, 15 photographic images (high quality; one color), small format master plan for the City of Monterey regional sketch map. 8" x 5".
<br><br>
Back section with sleeve containing four separate detached folding maps by Emerson Knight, City Planning Advisor, in top unused condition on fine thin paper. Maps printed by Modern Printing Company, Monterey, CA:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>Map A. Conservation including protection of bay and beach frontage with proposed promenade. Emerson Knight. March 1939. 21" x 13". </li>
<li>Map B. Parks parkways and recreation showing publicly owned lands, all lands to be publicly acquired for parks, parkways, public buildings & streets also proposed promenade, bath house, and pedestrian ways. Emerson Knight. March 1939. 8" x 21". </li>
<li>Map C. Streets and highways existing traffic volumes proposed increase in traffic facilities. Emerson Knight. March 1939. 21" x 13". </li>
<li>Map D. Preservation of historic values including historic buildings and sites also showing historic ring route and proposed planting along course. Emerson Knight. March 1939. 21" x 13". </li>
</ul>
</div> |
| 6499 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1939 |
| Fine colorful map of Bermuda ca. 1939. |
|
Anonymous |
|
| 1939 |
| LOC:90 |
| $125.00 | Anonymous | Fine-colorful-map-of-Bermuda-ca--1939- | An original and very attractive 7"x21" pictorial map of the Bermuda Islands on the recto of a folding promotional brochure for Bermuda in four panels. Numerous simple realistic sketches depict locations that include:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li>Ireland Island</li>
<li>Gibbs Hill Lighthouse</li>
<li>St. Paul's Church</li>
<li>Military Barrack Prospect</li>
<li>Harrington Sound</li>
<li>Tucker's Town</li>
<li>Shelly Bay Race Track</li>
<li>St. George</li>
<li>St. Catherines Point</li>
</ul>
</div>Inset street plans for St. George and for Hamilton. North oriented at upper right with a fine colorful compass rose. Text below the map includes latitude and longitude coordinates for Bermuda and a scale of miles.
<br><br>
The verso contains photos and text related to steamship service to Bermuda from several maritime firms including:
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>The Furness Bermuda Line</li>
<li>The Pacific Steam Navigation Company</li>
<li>The Munson Steamship Lines</li>
<li>The Canadian National Steamships</li>
<li>Elders & Fyffes, Ltd.</li>
<li>New York Bermuda Lines</li>
</ul>
</div> |
| 6550 |  | Details | Paterson, Alan Stuart | 1939 |
| Fine pictorial map of New Zealand a historical map |
|
Paterson, Alan Stuart |
|
| 1939 |
| LOC: |
| $1,250.00 | Paterson--Alan-Stuart | Fine-pictorial-map-of-New-Zealand-a-historical-map | Scarce and exceedingly interesting historio-pictorial map of the North Island and the South Island of New Zealand. Created ca. 1939 by native New Zealander Alan Stuart Paterson (1902-1968). Paterson worked as a clerk for the Department of Lands and Survey from 1918 to 1923, and in 1925 began a 25 year long career as an cartoonist. In 1951 Paterson became curator for the Gisborne Art Gallery and Museum.
<br><br>
No copies of this map are found in WorldCat and there are no records of a sale of this map at OWA or in the AMPR.
<br><br>
This cartoonish pictorial map shows numerous historical events in New Zealand including:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>The Great Migration of the Maoris from Hawaiki to Aotearoa</li>
<li>Route of explorere Abel Tasman.</li>
<li>Teaty of Waitangi in 1840.</li>
<li>First arrival of tourists at Rotorua</li>
<li>Arrival of the 'Tory' at Port Nicholson in 1839.</li>
<li>Discovery of the succulence of Bluff Oysters</li>
</ul>
</div> |
| 6513 |  | Details | Page, Peter Hugh | 1940 |
| Fine pictorial map of Stanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
|
Page, Peter Hugh |
|
| 1940 |
| LOC:78 |
| $350.00 | Page--Peter-Hugh | Fine-pictorial-map-of-Stanley-Park--Vancouver--British-Columbia--Canada | Beautiful lithographed pictorial map of Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada by Peter Hugh Page, ca. 1940. Excellent condition. Second Edition. Shows Prospect Point, Brockton Point, Deadman's Island, Lost Lagoon, Second Beach, Beaver Lake and many other locations and attractions in Stanley Park.
<br><br>
<div align="center">
<a title="Stanley Park Cover"></a>
<img id="3" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6513/SC_6513_detail.jpg" alt="Cover from a brochure on Stanley Park, Vancouver, Canada by Peter Hugh Page in 1940." width="175"/> <br><small>Cover from Page's map of Stanley Park</small>
</div><br>
The second edition of Page's map of Stanley Park differs from the first edition in that it includes a depiction of the Lion's Gate Bridge, built in 1939. Verso with text about Stanley Park. |
| 6423 |  | Details | Suchy, Arthur Bartholomew | 1941 |
| Cayo Hueso or Key West Florida Second Edition |
|
Suchy, Arthur Bartholomew |
|
| 1941 |
| LOC:87 |
| $375.00 | Suchy--Arthur-Bartholomew | Cayo-Hueso--or-Key-West-Florida-Second-Edition | Stunning original second-edition pictorial birds-eye map of Cayo Hueso or Key West, Florida. Designed, executed, produced and copyrighted by Arthur Suchy ca. 1941. Excellent detail on over 70 key locations that Suchy identifies alphabetically and numerically on a key that surrounds the view including:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>Cigar factories</li>
<li>P.A.A. Airport</li>
<li>Turtle crawls</li>
<li>Fish market</li>
<li>Warbler (helpful tug)</li>
<li>Pepe's coffee shop</li>
<li>Delmonico's</li>
<li>Key West radio station</li>
</ul>
</div>
Arthur Bartholomew Suchy (1901 - 1995) produced two editions of his famous map of Cayo Hueso, the first edition, larger and with full hand color was produced in a limited edition of 100 copies dated to 1940 and the second and smaller edition printed in red ink to 1941. [1] Includes numerous historical notes about Key West.
<br><br>
Bartholomew was issued a copyright for the collectors edition on Dec. 14, 1938. He filed a renewal application on Nov. 17, 1966.
<br><br>
[1] David Rumsey Map Collection at Stanford University Libraries |
| 6516 |  | Details | Barnes, Myra Zimmerman | 1942 |
| Pictorial plan of New Orleans French Quarter of Vieux Carre |
|
Barnes, Myra Zimmerman |
|
| 1942 |
| LOC: |
| $375.00 | Barnes--Myra-Zimmerman | Pictorial-plan-of-New-Orleans-French-Quarter-of-Vieux-Carre | Very attractive lithographed pictorial map of the Vieux Carre (French Quarter) in New Orleans, Louisiana. Rolled with no folds. Barnes based the overall scope of her map and details on the walls surrounding the Vieux Carre on plans produced by surveyors Carlos Trudeau and Joseph Pilie from 1794 through 1808. Over this early framework Barnes has illustrated local architecture and history with elements of contemporary culture from the early 1940s .
<br><br>
The border is surrounded by vignettes of New Orleans and Louisiana history and culture as it existed in 1942 when Barnes created the map, as well as important key events such as two fires in 1788 and 1794 that destroyed many of the early wooden French structures in the city.
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul>
<li>The Southern Yacht Club</li>
<li>The Fairgrounds</li>
<li>The Bonnet Carre Spillway</li>
<li>Cutting sugar cane</li>
<li>Suicide Oak</li>
</ul>
</div> |
| 6547 |  | Details | Gist, Gilman Jr. | 1943 |
| A Soldier's Guide to Palo Alto Pictorial WWII Era Map |
|
Gist, Gilman Jr. |
|
| 1943 |
| LOC:300 |
| $1,250.00 | Gist--Gilman-Jr- | A-Soldier-s-Guide-to-Palo-Alto-Pictorial-WWII-Era-Map | <br><br>
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
"This cartoon guide makes it as easy as "Squads Right" to find that <b>place</b> you're looking for and right here within reach of all. If you want to splurge or just "gold-brick" away an evening this will show you just what you want and how to get there."
</div>
<br><br>
Rare pictorial map of Palo Alto, California by Gilman A. Gist Jr. (d. 1960) published in a 1943 issue of the Stanford Chaparral. The Stanford Chaparral or <i>Chappie</i> is a humor magazine published by students of Stanford University since 1899, the third oldest continually published humor magazine in the world.
<br><br>
Inset maps of Menlo Park, El Camino Real, and a stretch of Bayshore Highway. Includes light-hearted images of area restaurants, clubs, theaters and other businesses that a WWII G.I. might want to visit while on leave, as well as transportation. These fine establishments include:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>Bill and Walt Collins Club</li>
<li>Fat Boy Barbecue</li>
<li>O'Neil's Stanford Bowl</li>
<li>Dinah's Shack - real suthen chicken!</li>
<li>Varsity Theater</li>
<li>Stanford Theater</li>
<li>Clarence's Smoke Shop</li>
<li>Grab-a-bite</li>
</ul>
</div> |
| 6497 |  | Details | Skacel, Bill | 1946 |
| Pictorial Cartoon map of Wyoming |
|
Skacel, Bill |
|
| 1946 |
| LOC:90 |
| $250.00 | Skacel--Bill | Pictorial-Cartoon-map-of-Wyoming | Original, uncommon pictorial map of the State of Wyoming by artist Bill Skacel. The humorous, historical "Cartoon Map of Wyoming" was produced ca. 1946 as a folded nine-panel tourist-oriented mailer with the verso containing space for an address as well as facts and photos of the state of Wyoming.
<br><br>
Geographic coverage includes the towns of Jackson Hole, Cheyenne, Laramie, Kemmerer, Casper, and Cody as well as Yellowstone National Park.
<br><br>
Skacel's illustrations include moose, a horned dinosaur, Buffalo Bill, two devils, and a native-American maiden with teepee.
<br><br>
Copyright by E.C. Kropp Co. Milwaukee, Wis. C.M. 27. |
| 6507 |  | Details | Skacel, Bill | 1946 |
| Pictorial Cartoon map of Vieux Carre New Orleans by Bill Skacel |
|
Skacel, Bill |
|
| 1946 |
| LOC:90 |
| $400.00 | Skacel--Bill | Pictorial-Cartoon-map-of-Vieux-Carre-New-Orleans-by-Bill-Skacel | Original, scarce pictorial map of the Vieux Carre or French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana by artist Bill Skacel ca. 1946. The humorous, historical "Cartoon Map of Vieux Carre in New Orleans" was produced ca. 1946 as a folded nine-panel tourist-oriented mailer with the verso containing space for an address as well as facts and photos of the New Orleans Vieux Carre.
<br><br>
Skacel takes a humorous angle at depicting Vieux Carre locations and culture in the post-WWII era. Two cartoon are puzzling- 1) four images of a young girl with pigtails wearing a sweatshirt bearing the letter "K" , that could possibly, represent a Catholic girl's school student or someone close to Skacel, and 2) at bottom right a matron crocheting a rug? with steel wire.
These cartoons include locations of:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>The Absinthe House, now the Old Absinthe House</li>
<li>Pirates Alley</li>
<li>Tabarry (Tabary) Theater</li>
<li>Napoleon House</li>
<li>A pelican</li>
<li>Blacksmith shop of Jean Lafitte</li>
<li>Cabildo prison</li>
</ul>
</div> |
| 6520 |  | Details | MIT | 1946 |
| Campus map and handbook Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
|
MIT |
|
| 1946 |
| LOC:300 |
| $150.00 | MIT | Campus-map-and-handbook-Massachusetts-Institute-of-Technology | MIT campus map and handbook Massachusetts Institute of Technology. June, 1946. |
| 6526 |  | Details | Skacel, Bill | 1946 |
| Pictorial Cartoon map of Florida Bill Skacel |
|
Skacel, Bill |
|
| 1946 |
| LOC:300 |
| $200.00 | Skacel--Bill | Pictorial-Cartoon-map-of-Florida-Bill-Skacel | Original, scarce pictorial map of the State of Florida by artist Bill Skacel ca. 1946. The humorous, historical cartoon map of Florida was produced ca. 1946 as a folded nine-panel tourist-oriented mailer with the verso containing space for an address as well as facts and photos of Florida
<br><br> |
| 6450 |  | Details | Gluck, Jay | 1948 |
| Cartoon cutaway view of UC Berkeley dormitory life |
|
Gluck, Jay |
|
| 1948 |
| LOC:1 |
| $375.00 | Gluck--Jay | Cartoon-cutaway-view-of-UC-Berkeley-dormitory-life | A cartoonish cutaway profile view of life in a "typical" dormitory at the University of California at Berkeley in 1949. The title "Oppy's Flop House" refers to Robert Oppenheimer [1] one of the key researchers on the Atomic Bomb that had been dropped on Japan less than three years earlier. Cartoons and sight gags include a slide rule used as a fishing device and as a guitar, chem lab equipment used to brew coffee, students using radar to peer into the room of a bathing coed, a robot, a device based on compressed air to raise the skirts of coeds, and many scenes including engineering books.
<br><br>
Published in the a 1948 annual "Mad Engineer" issue of "California Engineer" from the University of California at Berkeley. The California Engineer is the student publication of the University of California at Berkeley.
<br><br>
[1] Physicist <b>Robert Oppenheimer</b> (1904-1967) was Project Director for the Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer taught at UC Berkeley from 1929 - 1943. "With the rise of the Nazi party in Germany, the University quickly became a hub for atomic weapons development. By the outbreak of World War 11, Oppenheimer, his students, and several notable physicists probed atomic theory on the top floor of Le Conte Hall." (Kehlmann, Robert. Berkeley Historical Plaque Project. 2012. Online: https://berkeleyplaques.org/e-plaque/robert-oppenheimer/ ) |
| 6465 |  | Details | Lindgren, Jolly | 1948 |
| Pictorial map of the Jackson Hole country and Grand Teton National Park |
|
Lindgren, Jolly |
|
| 1948 |
| LOC:90 |
| $600.00 | Lindgren--Jolly | Pictorial-map-of-the-Jackson-Hole-country-and-Grand-Teton-National-Park | "A hysterical map of the Jackson Hole country and Grand Teton National Park slightly cockeyed" a fine pictorial map of the area around Jackson Hole, Wyoming. "Made on purpose" by artist Jolly Lindgren, Spokane, Washington.
<br><br>
In addition to numerous mountains identified by name and height Lindgren's many features include Jackson Lake, Jenny Lake, Jackson Hamburgers, Resor Ranch, Church of the Transfiguration, the Federal Elk Refuge, and numerous dude ranches identified by large western-style hats. |
| 6525 |  | Details | Lindgren, Jolly | 1948 |
| Pictorial hysterical puzzle map of Utah and parks |
|
Lindgren, Jolly |
|
| 1948 |
| LOC:300 |
| $175.00 | Lindgren--Jolly | Pictorial-hysterical-puzzle-map-of-Utah-and-parks | Unused pictorial puzzle map of the State of Utah- "A hysterical map of Utah which includes Zion, Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks & Stinking Springs". "Made in broken English" by artist Jolly Lindgren, Spokane, Washington. Includes the original puzzle mailer with a transparent front. Lindgren-Turner Company.
<br><br>
A humorous tourist-oriented puzzle featuring the State of Utah and many of its numerous natural attractions including:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>Dinosaur National Monument</li>
<li>Zion National Park</li>
<li>Bryce Canyon</li>
<li>Escalante Desert</li>
<li>Natural Bridge</li>
<li>Arches National Monument</li>
<li>Skull Valley</li>
<li>Canyon de Chelly, Arizona</li>
</ul>
</div> |
| 6542 |  | Details | Turner, Stanley | 1948 |
| Pictorial map Saguenay region Quebec, Canada Stanley Turner 1948 |
|
Turner, Stanley |
|
| 1948 |
| LOC:300 |
| $400.00 | Turner--Stanley | Pictorial-map-Saguenay-region-Quebec--Canada-Stanley-Turner-1948 | Historical-pictorial map of the Saguenay region of Canada with Quebec by Stanley Turner, 1948. A tourist-oriented map published by Brading Brewery designed to encourage vacationers to visit the Saguenay area.
<br><br>
<div id="1" align="center">
<a title="TITLE HERE"></a>
<img id="1" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6542/SC_6542_detail.jpg" alt="Stanley Turner pictorial view of Quebec from Brading Brewery map 1948" width="340"/> <br><small>Stanley Turner pictorial view of Quebec.</small>
</div><br>
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
"This map represents Bas-Saint-Laurent and Saguenay. A lot of information is offered on the map, such as main arteries, railroads, golf clubs, airports, crossings, battlefields, hydroelectric installations and hunting and fishing spots. Some historical information is also added such as dates of battles and discovery of territories. Drawings of inhabitants, animals or historical figures decorate the document."
</div><br>
Copyright 1948 Bradings Capital Brewery Ltd. Ottawa, Canada. French language.
<br><br>
[1] Online. https://archivesdemontreal.ica-atom.org/carte-de-vacances-brading-du-bas-st-laurent-et-de-la-region-de-saguenay-1949 |
| 6543 |  | Details | Turner, Stanley | 1948 |
| Pictorial map Laurentides region Montreal, Canada Stanley Turner 1948 |
|
Turner, Stanley |
|
| 1948 |
| LOC:300 |
| $500.00 | Turner--Stanley | Pictorial-map-Laurentides-region-Montreal--Canada-Stanley-Turner-1948 | Historical-pictorial map of the Laurentides region of Canada with Montreal by Stanley Francis Turner, 1948. A tourist-oriented map published by Brading Brewery designed to encourage vacationers to visit Montreal and the Laurentides region of Canada.
<br><br>
<div id="1" align="center">
<a title="Montreal, Canada"></a>
<img id="1" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6543/SC_6543_detail.jpg" alt="Stanley Turner pictorial view of Montreal, Canada from 1948 Brading Brewery map." width="340"/> <br><small>Stanley Turner pictorial view of Montreal, Canada.</small>
</div>
<br>
Copyright 1948 Bradings Capital Brewery Ltd. Ottawa, Canada. French language.
<br><br> |
| 6437 |  | Details | Flachmann, Chuck | 1950 |
| Pictorial or cartoon map of St. Louis Missouri |
|
Flachmann, Chuck |
|
| 1950 |
| LOC:90 |
| $350.00 | Flachmann--Chuck | Pictorial-or-cartoon-map-of-St--Louis-Missouri | Pictorial map of St. Louis, Missouri. Specifically, the Anheuser-Busch variant edition of Chuck Flachman's Cartoon Map of St. Louis, 1950. Two prominent identifying features distinguish the Anheuser-Busch variant edition from Flachman's pictorial "Mound City Pride of the Mississippi Valley" edition: 1) The Busch Budweiser logo appears at bottom left rather than the compass rose and 2) the lettering surrounding the map reflects its Mound City moniker. Additionally, the Busch brewery and Clydesdale horses are featured on the map in the Busch edition. Both editions are dated 1950.
<br><br>
Scarce, the Busch-Budweiser variant is much less common on the market in our experience. |
| 6530 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1950 |
| Scarce plan of the city of Acapulco, Mexico |
|
Anonymous |
|
| 1950 |
| LOC:86 |
| $425.00 | Anonymous | Scarce-plan-of-the-city-of-Acapulco--Mexico | Very unusual and scarce foldingmap or plan of Acapulco, Mexico on the Pacific Ocean ca. 1950: "Plano de la Ciudad y Puerto de Acapulco". A street plan of Acapulco in the mid-20th century with images of fish, Spanish galleons, and a twin-engine propellor-driven aircraft. Legend at bottom left identifies, government offices, hotels, schools, churches and local public transportation routes identified with red outline color.
<br><br>
Just below the title is a representation of the shield of the city of Acapulco, symbolizing two hands that break a leafy reed.
<br><br>
Numerous subdivisions (fraccionamientos) are noted in bold black headings including:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>Fraccionamiento Mozimba</li>
<li>Fraccionamiento Vista Allegre</li>
<li>Fraccionamiento Magallanes</li>
<li>Fraccionamiento Deportivo</li>
<li>Fraccionamiento Costa Azul</li>
</ul>
</div> |
| 6492 |  | Details | Dubuque City Planning Commision | 1951 |
| Master Plan for the City of Dubuque Iowa |
|
Dubuque City Planning Commision |
|
| 1951 |
| LOC:400 |
| $400.00 | Dubuque-City-Planning-Commision | Master-Plan-for-the-City-of-Dubuque-Iowa | Very large, scarce 1951 master plan map of the City of Dubuque, Iowa by the Dubuque City Planning and Zoning Commission, J.M. Wolfe, Chairman. Justin R. Hartzog, City Planner. A fine record of the city and its ambitions in the mid 20th-century.
<br><br>
Two matching legends at bottom right and left show symbols and coloration used for mapped features under existing conditions and for the Commission's planning proposals respectively. These details include streets, railroads, intersections, city boundaries, parks, playgrounds, schools and other land uses. North oriented to top. |
| 6529 |  | Details | Green, Walter O. | 1951 |
| Western style pictorial map of the Colorado Rocky Mountains |
|
Green, Walter O. |
|
| 1951 |
| LOC: |
| $375.00 | Green--Walter-O- | Western-style-pictorial-map-of-the-Colorado-Rocky-Mountains | Interesting and scarce pictorial folding motor-tour map of a portion of Colorado near the Rocky Mountain National Park from 1951. Includes Boulder, Estes Park and much more in a western style complete with horse-riding cowboys, bucking broncos, and wizened prospectors. A serious map, not a hint of humor. Issued by the Rocky Mountain Motor Company, Denver, Colorado in 1951. Map by Walter O. Green.
<br><br>
Towns and cities on the map include:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>Denver</li>
<li>Evergreen</li>
<li>Golden</li>
<li>Boulder</li>
<li>Granby</li>
<li>Grand Lake</li>
<li>Estes Park</li>
<li>Fort Collins</li>
<li>Greely</li>
<li>Longmont</li>
<li>Lyons</li>
</ul>
</div>
Verso with color photographs, text, and motor tour schedules.
<br><br>
Green also identifies numerous geographical features
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>Big Thompson Canyon</li>
<li>Iceberg Lake</li>
<li>Grand Lake</li>
<li>Arapaho Peak Elev. 13506 Ft.</li>
<li>Longs Peak Elev. 14255 Ft.</li>
<li>Red Rocks</li>
<li>Mount Evans Elev. 14360 Ft.</li>
<li>Berthoud Pass</li>
</ul>
</div> |
| 6483 |  | Details | Sandefur, John Courtney | 1954 |
| Scarce pictorial cartograph or map Monterey Bay Hotel Jeffery |
|
Sandefur, John Courtney |
|
| 1954 |
| LOC:87 |
| $150.00 | Sandefur--John-Courtney | Scarce-pictorial-cartograph-or-map-Monterey-Bay-Hotel-Jeffery | Rare folding pictorial map of the Monterey Bay Region in California by John Courtney Sandefur. Sandefur's pictograms show the obvious influence of an earlier cartograph of the Monterey Region by Ruth Taylor White.
<br><br>
The map was published by Hotel Jeffery ca. early 1950s, then conducting business in Salinas, California for over 90 years. Colorful compass rose bearing a dog's image and the motto of the Hotel Jeffery- "Friendly."
<br><br>
Verso with text about the recreational activities and resources available in the Monterey Bay Area and the Salinas Valley including Pacific Grove, Carmel, Fort Ord, Santa Cruz, and Watsonville.
<br><br>
The Jeffery Hotel in Salinas, California was opened in 1888 at the corner of Alisal and Main Streets by William "Bill" Jeffery. In the 1970’s the original three-story Jeffery Hotel was demolished.<br><br>
<div id="0" align="center">
<a title="Hotel Jeffery, Salinas, California."></a>
<img id="3" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6483/SC_6483_HotelJeffery.jpg" alt="Photo of Hotel Jeffery, Salinas, California circa 1960" width="300"/> <br><small>Hotel Jeffery. <i>Courtesy U. California: https://calisphere.org/</i></small>
</div><br> |
| 6441 |  | Details | King, Samuel A. | 1955 |
| God's Country Picto-historical map of Central Pennsylvania |
|
King, Samuel A. |
|
| 1955 |
| LOC:90 |
| $250.00 | King--Samuel-A- | God-s-Country-Picto-historical-map-of-Central-Pennsylvania | Scarce second-edition example of Samuel King's pictorial historical map "God's Country - Pennsylvania's Last Frontier..." First published in 1951 this example is the revised edition of September 1955 [bottom center above the neatline]. Copyrighted by Samuel A. King, 510 First Street, Du Bois, PA.
<br><br>
The map covers a geographic area in central Pennsylvania from roughly Lock Haven to DuBois and north. Verso with ink stamps "GOD’S COUNTRY” and "Clearfield Sporting Goods Co." WorldCat records only four institutional holdings of the 1955 edition.
<br><br>
Samuel Albert King was a local historian and for many years taught at a local university.
<br><br>
In all Samuel King produced at least eight picto-historical maps of Pennsylvania, some maps with several editions in the 1950's and 1960's. "Gods Country" was King's first map. Seven of his later maps are reproduced and sold online by the Clearfield County Historical Society, but "God's Country" is not among the list. Titles of these other seven maps by King are:
<br><br>
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;">
<li>Cornplanter's Kingdom, 1951</li>
<li>Heart of the Alleghenies, Central Pennsylvania's Vacationland, 1953</li>
<li>Forest County for rest from urban fatigue, 1957</li>
<li>Lore of the Last Frontier in Pennsylvania, 1960</li>
<li>A Vacation Map of Potter County and Ole's Black Forest, 1973</li>
<li> Freestone Fishing for Mountain Trout in northern Pennsylvania, 1977</li>
<li>A Fun-roving Map of Pine Creek the Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania</li>
<li>More of God's Country, 1968</li><br>
Note: Maps produced in the late 1960's and the 1970's credit King's wife gale as co-author.
</ul>
</div> |
| 6508 |  | Details | Moss, Ira | 1957 |
| Pictorial Sportsmen's Fishing Map United States and Neighboring Waters |
|
Moss, Ira |
|
| 1957 |
| LOC: |
| $475.00 | Moss--Ira | Pictorial-Sportsmen-s-Fishing-Map-United-States-and-Neighboring-Waters | Scarce original 1957 fisherman's map of the United States and Neighboring Waters designed by Ira Moss and produced by Barry, Moss, and Shore. Border is decorated with numerous images of fishing flies and saltwater fishing lures.
<br><br>
Saltwater fish, freshwater fish. Swordfish, bonefish, weakfish, flounder. Whitefish, bluefish, jewfish, croaker. No redfish but "channel bass" with a spot. Wahoo !
<br><br>
Includes small inset maps of the USA showing where a few specific species are most prevalent. Several inset tables: lists of saltwater fish, and freshwater fish; list of states and locations keyed to fish species,
<br><br>
Copyright 1957. Published by Shorewood Press, Fine Arts Publishers, New York. |
| 6464 |  | Details | Suyeoka, George | 1964 |
| VI-Daylin Natural History Map and National Heritage Map |
|
Suyeoka, George |
|
| 1964 |
| LOC:90 |
| $250.00 | Suyeoka--George | VI-Daylin-Natural-History-Map-and-National-Heritage-Map | Scarce pictorial map advertisement for Vi-daylin vitamins as a Natural History Map of the United States (recto). Verso with similar pictorial map but a National Heritage Map.
<br><br>
Not found online. Not in WorldCat.
<br><br>
Cartographs created by textbook illustrator, inventor, and commercial artist George Suyeoka (1926- 2015). Copyrighted and published in 1964 by Abbot Laboratories, North Chicago, Illinois. |
| 6493 |  | Details | Ohio Department of Highways | 1966 |
| Large pictorial map of the State of Ohio |
|
Ohio Department of Highways |
|
| 1966 |
| LOC:400 |
| $185.00 | Ohio-Department-of-Highways | Large-pictorial-map-of-the-State-of-Ohio | Large pictorial map of the State of Ohio. Copyrighted and published in 1966 by the Ohio Department of Highways.
<br><br>
<div id="3" align="center">
<a title="Detail from See the Wonderful World of Ohio map."></a>
<img id="3" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6493/SC_6493_Detail.jpg" alt="The Ohio River, 455 miles of water wonderland." width="360"/> <br><small>The Ohio River, 455 miles of water wonderland.</small>
</div><br>
Verso with additional road map, text, and photographs. |
| 6504 |  | Details | McClure, Jim | 1973 |
| Fine etching of the New Orleans French Market |
|
McClure, Jim |
|
| 1973 |
| LOC:78 |
| $300.00 | McClure--Jim | Fine-etching-of-the-New-Orleans-French-Market | Fine limited-edition etching of life at the French Market in New Orleans, Louisiana. Very nicely and accurately captures the mood and atmosphere of the French Market and French Quarter in the early 1970's. Titled, dated and signed by the artist. No. 105 of 200. |
| 6468 |  | Details | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | 1975 |
| USCGS poster for Aeronautical Charts |
|
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey |
|
| 1975 |
| LOC:90 |
| $1,250.00 | U-S--Coast-and-Geodetic-Survey | USCGS-poster-for-Aeronautical-Charts | Surprisingly scarce poster ca 1970s, originally published in 1959, advertising aeronautical charts sold by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in Washington, D. C. A later re-issue published by the NOAA, National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service. At one time paper copies of the poster were available by order from the NOAA Distribution Branch but by 2013 products were only available in PDF or print-on-demand format.
<br><br>
A map dealer's dream meta-poster!
<br><br>
WorldCat contains only one record of the poster, at the University of Maryland. No example of the original 1959 poster are known to me.
<br><br>
Selected dates useful for dating U.S. Coast Survey charts:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>1807 - President Thomas Jefferson establishes Survey of the Coast.</li>
<li>1836 - Survey of the Coast was renamed U.S. Coast Survey. </li>
<li>1878 - U.S. Coast Survey renamed as Coast and Geodetic Survey.</li>
<li>1970 - Coast and Geodetic Survey included within the NOAA and renamed National Geodetic Survey.</li>
<li>2013 - NOAA ends printing of lithographic charts in favor of PDF.</li>
</ul>
</div> |
| 6533 |  | Details | Fell, April P. | 1976 |
| Plan New Orleans Vieux Carre by April Fell |
|
Fell, April P. |
|
| 1976 |
| LOC:53 |
| $375.00 | Fell--April-P- | Plan-New-Orleans-Vieux-Carre-by-April-Fell | Scarce plan of the Vieux Carre or French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana by April P. Fell in 1976. Shows the buildings and street layout of the French Quarter as they existed in 1976. The limits of the Vieux Carre are the Mississippi River, Canal Street, Rampart Street, and Esplanade Avenue.
<br><br>
Todd and April Fell lived in New Orleans beginning in the 70s. They created a travel book called 'The Vignette' that was published until 1987.
<br><br>
Published by The Vignette 240 Rue Chartres. Copyright 1976. |
| 6552 |  | Details | British Admiralty Hydrographical Office | 1978 |
| Admiralty Chart Baja California Sea of Cortez with Cabo San Lucas |
|
British Admiralty Hydrographical Office |
|
| 1978 |
| LOC:0 |
| $500.00 | British-Admiralty-Hydrographical-Office | Admiralty-Chart-Baja-California-Sea-of-Cortez-with-Cabo-San-Lucas | Original later issue of a British Admiralty nautical chart first engraved and published in London at the Admiralty on April 9, 1879, under the superintendence of Royal Navy Hydrographer Captain F.J. Evans and updated with corrections. Last corrected in 1978.
<br></br>
Coverage on this fine Admiralty nautical chart includes the entire Baja Peninsula and Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) from San Diego, California to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
<br></br>
Numerous well-known fishing spots are noted including: San Jaime Bank, Golden Gate Bank, Outer Gorda Bank, Finger Bank, and Morgan Bank. Two inset profiles of Cabo San Lucas.
<br></br>
Bold, dark, lithographed print retains the cartographic look and style of the late 19th century. Original engraving was executed by Davies and Company. Logo of the British Hydrographical Office at top of the title block. Chart Number 2324. Crown copyright reserved. |
| 6470 |  | Details | Pargeter, Richard Arnold | 1980 |
| Pictorial oblique topographic birds-eye view of the San Juan Islands |
|
Pargeter, Richard Arnold |
|
| 1980 |
| LOC:150 |
| $450.00 | Pargeter--Richard-Arnold | Pictorial-oblique-topographic-birds-eye-view-of-the-San-Juan-Islands | An original fine panoramic relief map of the San Juan Islands in Washington State on an oblique perspective. Copyright 1980 by Richard Pargeter. Printed by University Printing Company, Seattle. Pencil stock number in bottom right margin.
<br><br>
A self-taught cartographic illustrator, Pargeter's output includes similar panoramic relief maps of The Olympic Peaks, the Puget Sound Country, and Washington's Northwest Passages. In 1980, when this map was copyrighted, copies were available by mail-order from the Pargeter Company in Kent, Washington. Pargeter's maps were once available online but all available copies are reported as sold-out.
<br><br>
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
"Tens of thousands of these maps have been sold over the years. All Pargeter's maps are true oblique projections. No planimetrics. All, but the pre-color-separated Olympic map have been full-color halftone shaded relief illustrations rendered in acrylics and a very fine brush, The renderings are based on U.S.G.S. topo quads with mountain "facial features" derived from aerial oblique angle photos taken by Pargeter". [1]
</div><br>
Source
<br><br>
[1] Online: Panorama maps. Pargeter. Online: http://www.panorama-map.com/pargeter/pargeter.html |
| 6475 |  | Details | Prewitt, Jim | 1980 |
| Pictorial advertising map of 6th Street in Austin Texas |
|
Prewitt, Jim |
|
| 1980 |
| LOC:53 |
| $225.00 | Prewitt--Jim | Pictorial-advertising-map-of-6th-Street-in-Austin-Texas | Scarce, humorous, pictorial advertising map of <b>6th Street in Austin Texas</b> by Texas graphic artist and illustrator Jim Prewitt. The cheerful map shows Austin's 6th Street as it was more than 40 years ago. Alongside dozens of advertisements for local businesses like Maggie Mae's, Santiago's, and Ravens Garage the detailed map is dotted with interesting cartoons typical to Austin daily life including snakes, armadillos, longhorn cattle, UFO's, and a police chase with dynamite along Interstate 35.
<br><br>
<div id="0" align="center">
<a title="TITLE HERE"></a>
<img id="3" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6475/SC_6475_330w.jpg" alt="Pictorial fun map of Austin's 6th Street in 1980." width="300"/> <br><small>6th Street, Austin, Texas. 1980. Jim Prewitt.</small>
</div><br>
With an advertisement for the first Pecan Street Festival held on Saturday and Sunday, May 3rd and 4th, 1980 (left center). Austin's Pecan Street Festival was inaugurated in 1980 by the non-profit Pecan Street Association with the goal of highlighting and beautifying the historical heritage of the district. In 1997 President of the Pecan Street Association Lynn Raridon explained "We like to think that our event was helping to <b>Make Austin Weird</b>, long before it was a trendy catch phrase/bumper sticker!" [1]
<br><br>
Copyright Jim Prewitt Design, 1023 West San Antonio Street, San Marcos, Texas. Printed by Futura Press, Austin Texas. Verso blank.
<br><br>
A local boy, Jim graduated Texas A&M-Kingsville. Other Jim Prewitt pictorial advertising maps of Texas towns include Wimberly, San Marcos, New Braunfels, Kingsville and Corpus Christi. [2]
<br><br>
Sources
<br><br>
[1] Salizar, Marisa. 37th Annual Pecan Street Festival. September 24, 2017. Jim Bowie High School Dispatch. Online.<br>
[2] Walraven, Bill. Cartoonist turns fun maps into profitable venture. January 17, 1985. Online: http://archives.tamuk.edu/uploads/A2019-016.0125E.pdf |
| 6449 |  | Details | Great Wall Poster Company | 1982 |
| 1982 Pictorial Advertising Map of Hong Kong |
|
Great Wall Poster Company |
|
| 1982 |
| LOC:1404 |
| $250.00 | Great-Wall-Poster-Company | 1982-Pictorial-Advertising-Map-of-Hong-Kong | Scarce 1982 thematic pictorial advertising map for Hong Kong published by Great Wall Poster Company. Shows geographical locations around the city with numerous small pictorial advertisements for local businesses. A snapshot of the frenetic commercial activity surrounding Hong Kong in the last decade of the 20th century. Businesses of all sizes and sectors are represented on the map including transportation, hospitality, banking, and entertainment. For example:
<div class="indenttextblocksingle">
<ul style="list-style-type: circle;"></li>
<li>Colosseum Disco</li>
<li>Japan Air Line</li>
<li>Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club</li>
<li>Far East Hydrofoil Co. Ltd.</li>
<li>Beefy's Bistro</li>
<li>Credit Suisse</li>
<li>Kowloon's number one nightspot 'Bottoms Up' (the basement)</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="0" align="center">
<a title="Compass rose Hong Kong pictorial map, 1982."></a>
<img id="3" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6449/SC_6449_CompassRose.jpg" alt="Compass rose 1982 Annual Poster of Hong Kong by Tom Briggs." width="300"/> <br><small>1982 Hong Kong map compass rose "for Australian readers." </small>
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The creator uses humor to enliven the company descriptions and shows that at an early date there was concern about the reversion of Hong Kong to Chinese rule: "Buy your poster now, it may be smaller after 1997." Compass rose rotated 180 degrees with north oriented to bottom. Map has an antique appearance by design.
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In this pictorial map pictograms are used along with text to identify specific commercial enterprises conducting business in Hong Kong. Based on a statement from a self-portrait of the copyright holder and author, Tom Briggs, the size of the advertisement was correlated to the amount that advertisers were willing to pay for a spot on the map "Well, how much do you want on the poster for sixteen bucks?" |
| 6486 |  | Details | Maslin, John A. | 1985 |
| America's Cup pictorial bird-eye view of Freemantle, Western Australia |
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Maslin, John A. |
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| 1985 |
| LOC:1404 |
| $350.00 | Maslin--John-A- | America-s-Cup-pictorial-bird-eye-view-of-Freemantle--Western-Australia | Attractive oblique pictorial birds-eye view map of the town and harbor of Freemantle, Western Australia. July 1985 edition. Copyrighted and produced by Ausimap, Perth. Cartography by John A. Maslin.
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In addition to Cockburn Sound and Freemantle Harbor the expansive birds-eye view shows Success Harbor, the fishing boat harbor, and the America's Cup harbour at Freemantle.
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Two years before this map was published, and for the first time in 132 years, the America’s Cup was won by a team from other than the USA. That year, in Rhode Island, Australia II, skippered by John Bertrand defeated Dennis O'Conner on the Liberty. In 1987 the America's Cup race was held in Freemantle, Australia where the Stars & Stripes 87 won the series in a four-race sweep. |
| 6537 |  | Details | Weaver, Ron | 1985 |
| Pictorial poster map of Marathon, Florida. |
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Weaver, Ron |
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| 1985 |
| LOC:61 |
| $500.00 | Weaver--Ron | Pictorial-poster-map-of-Marathon--Florida- | Beautiful pictorial advertising poster map of Marathon, Florida by Ron Weaver in 1985 - "Marathon, the Heart of the Florida Keys." One of the more attractively illustrated Florida advertising maps I have found. The poster contains large illustrations of Florida Keys wildlife- mosquitos, cormorant, manatees, osprey, and fishing/boating activities well integrated into the design. <br><br>
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<img id="3" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6537/SC_6537_Detail.jpg" alt="Pictorial advertising poster map of Marathon, Florida by Ron Weaver in 1985" width="300"/> <br><small>Details from Ron Weaver's Marathon, Florida poster.</small>
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Quite a nice advertisement for Marathon, Florida and the Florida Keys. A few of the many Marathon, Florida area locations Weaver has noted include:
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<li>Key Colony Beach</li>
<li>Fat Deer Key</li>
<li>Grassy Key</li>
<li>Vaca Cut</li>
<li>Marathon Airport</li>
<li>Overseas Highway</li>
<li>Boot Key Harbor</li>
<li>Old 7 Mile Bridge</li>
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Design graphics and illustration in a distinctive free-hand style by the talented Ron Weaver. Published by Key Exposure, 1223 Royal Street, Key West. |
| 6481 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1986 |
| Decorative serigraph poster City of San Francisco Ferry |
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Anonymous |
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| 1986 |
| LOC:1404 |
| $180.00 | Anonymous | Decorative-serigraph-poster-City-of-San-Francisco-Ferry | Fine decorative nautical-themed limited-edition silk-screen poster of San Francisco Bay, California and the ferry "City of San Francisco" from the eighth-annual users conference held by Data Design Associates in 1987. Deep rich colors. Signed within (illegible). Number 579 of 700 copies.
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Data Design Associates, Inc., was a Sunnyvale, Calif-based developer of mainframe financial software. |
| 6482 |  | Details | Anonymous | 1986 |
| Decorative serigraph poster San Francisco Bay and Coit Tower |
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Anonymous |
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| 1986 |
| LOC:1404 |
| $175.00 | Anonymous | Decorative-serigraph-poster-San-Francisco-Bay-and-Coit-Tower | Fine decorative nautical-themed limited-edition silk-screen poster of San Francisco Bay, California and Coit Tower from the fifth-annual users conference held by Data Design Associates in 1984. Deep rich colors. Signed within (illegible). Number 472 of 500.
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Data Design Associates, Inc., was a Sunnyvale, Calif-based developer of mainframe financial software. |
| 6517 |  | Details | Smiley, Russ | 1987 |
| Russ Smiley's Fishing Map South Florida Miami Fort Lauderdale Key West |
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Smiley, Russ |
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| 1987 |
| LOC:87 |
| $175.00 | Smiley--Russ | Russ-Smiley-s-Fishing-Map-South-Florida-Miami-Fort-Lauderdale-Key-West | Late 1980's decorative fishing chart of the Everglades, Miami, South Florida, and the Florida Keys surrounded by Smiley's illustrations of colorful fishes. This map is becoming increasingly scare on the market. The chart is overprinted with red dots representing hot fishing spots from Ft. Lauderdale to Key West and with the names of the fishes that might be caught in an area.
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Created and published by Miami, Florida artist Russ Smiley, El Portal Florida. Last copyright is from 1987 by Windward Publishing.
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Verso with illustrations of South Florida fishes, fishing techniques, and baits. |
| 6535 |  | Details | Wright, David Harrison | 1988 |
| Pictorial Map Treasures of Key West Florida |
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Wright, David Harrison |
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| 1988 |
| LOC:61 |
| $250.00 | Wright--David-Harrison | Pictorial-Map-Treasures-of-Key-West-Florida | Pictorial advertising map of Key West ca. 1988 by David Harrison Wright- "Treasures of Key West Florida".
Combines historical facts about the island with small images for paid advertisers.
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Copyright by Key Exposure 1223 Royal Street, Key West.<br><br>
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<img id="3" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6535/SC_6535_Detail.jpg" alt="Compass rose from a pictorial map of Key West by David Harrison Wright" width="300"/> <br><small>Fine compass rose looking north from Key West.</small>
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| 6484 |  | Details | Great Wall Poster Company | 1990 |
| 1990 Pictorial Advertising Map of Hong Kong |
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Great Wall Poster Company |
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| 1990 |
| LOC:1404 |
| $200.00 | Great-Wall-Poster-Company | 1990-Pictorial-Advertising-Map-of-Hong-Kong | Thematic pictorial advertising map of Hong Kong from 1990. One of a series of annual advertising posters of Hong Kong published by Great Wall Poster Company. Printed by Pronto Print, LTD. Copyright 1980 by Tom Briggs.
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Shows geographical locations around the city with interesting historical notes "In 1942 a tiger was shot by a Japanese patrol near Stanley" or "In 1887 the Hong Kong College of Medicine was established and one of its first students was Sun Yat Sen." Contains numerous small pictorial advertisements for local businesses with an attempt at levity in some cases.
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The pictorial map is a snapshot of the frenetic commercial activity surrounding Hong Kong in the last decade of the 20th century. Businesses of all sizes and sectors are represented on the map including retail, transportation, hospitality, banking, and entertainment. The numerous commercial enterprises include:
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<li>Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation</li>
<li>Water tours of Hong Kong, Ltd.</li>
<li>Overseas Containers Limited</li>
<li>George Wimpey H.K. Ltd.</li>
<li>British Caledonian Airline</li>
<li>Singapore Club Coffee House</li>
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<img id="3" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6484/SC_6484_Detail.jpg" alt="Detail from 1990 Annual Poster of Hong Kong by Tom Briggs." width="330"/> <br><small>1990 Hong Kong pictorial advertising map detail. </small>
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| 6440 |  | Details | Horowitz, Reemes and Harrison | 1993 |
| Rare Map of Historic Sites of LSD Discovery Research Culture by Horowitz et al |
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Horowitz, Reemes and Harrison |
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| 1993 |
| LOC:87 |
| $600.00 | Horowitz--Reemes-and-Harrison | Rare-Map-of-Historic-Sites-of-LSD-Discovery-Research-Culture-by-Horowitz-et-al | Very scarce, original thematic world map of LSD historic sites published in 1993 on the 50th anniversary of the first use of the hallucinogenic drug LSD. Contains information relative to the discovery, usage and culture of LSD (and other drugs) for approximately forty locations spread across the world. For example:</br>
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<li><strong>SAN FRANCISCO: </strong>The Hippie-Xanadu (Haight-Asbury 1966-1970), Owsley tabs, windowpane, blotter acid, First Human Be-in (Jan. 1967), Fillmore and Avalon psychedelic dance concerts, poster art, Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother, Quicksilver, Blue Cheer, Ludlow Library, 1978-1980 Ecstasy, rave scene, early 1990's.</li>
<li><strong>BERKELEY: </strong>Telegraph Ave., counterculture scene, Psychedelic Venus Church, The Barb, The Tribe, A. Shulgin's research lab. Home mushroom cultivation started.</li>
<li><strong>VANCOUVER: </strong>Captain Al Hubbard manages Hollywood Hospital for LSD therapy, late 1950s-60s.</li>
<li><strong>CUERNAVACA: </strong> Site of Leary's first psychedelic trip.</li>
<li><strong>COPENHAGEN: </strong>Joint lecture of Huxley and Leary, 1961.</li>
<li><strong>SIBERIA: </strong>Ancient shamanic use of Amanita muscaria. Tree/mushroom/reindeer triad.</li>
<li><strong>NORFOLK ISLANDS: </strong>Hallucinogenic fish reported, 1960.</li>
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At the bottom of the map is a large canoe populated with human and animal passengers drawn in the style of ancient Mayan art. The map is surrounded by a wild assortment of icons, totems, pure decorative elements and drawings relative to psychedelic drugs and the psychedelic experience. Small scroll at the top center identifies the work as "Psychedelica cartographia." Copyright 1978, 1993 by Horowitz, et al. |
| 6501 |  | Details | Anonymous | 2000 |
| Poster and map for Dean Markley Guitar Strings and Jaros Custom Guitars |
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Anonymous |
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| 2000 |
| LOC:78 |
| $150.00 | Anonymous | Poster-and-map-for-Dean-Markley-Guitar-Strings-and-Jaros-Custom-Guitars | Unrecorded poster related to a coast-to-coast tour by Jon Butcher and Bruce Gatewood promoting Dean Markley guitar strings and Jaros Custom Guitars ca. 2000. With an inset map of the tour across the United States including photos of Jon and Bruce.
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Jaros Guitars was started by the father and son team of Harry and Jim Jaros of Mary Street, Rochester, Pennsylvania in 1996. Dean Markley has produced guitar strings since 1972.
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An archived web page about Jaros Custom Guitars from 1999 tells the Jaros story:
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"The Jaros Guitar "factory" is a home-based, part-time operation located in the beautiful Pennsylvania countryside. Jim, his wife Patty, and their sons Jason (14), and Taylor (8), live only 100 yards from Jim's folks, Harry and Mary (and coincidentally, Harry's large well-equipped woodshop).The shop is a 30' x 40' pole-barn with 12' ceilings and three work bays." <br> (Dynamic Duo: This father-son team's a good combination. TradeSecrets. Vol. 25. Wayback Machine)
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