| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 6449 |  | Details | Great Wall Poster Company | 1982 |
| 1982 Pictorial Advertising Map of Hong Kong |
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Great Wall Poster Company |
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| 1982 |
| LOC:1404 |
| $0.00 | Great-Wall-Poster-Company | 1982-Pictorial-Advertising-Map-of-Hong-Kong | SOLD<br><br>
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:
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<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>
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<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?" |
| 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 |
| $0.00 | Great-Wall-Poster-Company | 1990-Pictorial-Advertising-Map-of-Hong-Kong | SOLD<br><br>
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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