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G3884.R5S1 1937 .L4

James's pick: Happy New Year! Here's your map to the Land of High Life: The 1881 Sahib map highlighting romance in French high society. Have a fun, safe night and a fantastic 2020! #antiquemaps #raremaps #geographicusrareantiquemaps #highlife #pictorialmaps #li #paysdutendre (at Geographicus Rare Antique Maps) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6vn6KEpp8I/?igshid=l85y8u4boyrc

G3882.T5 1934 .L64

This is a 1940 F. E. Cheeseman and Albert Richard football map of the United States. The map depicts the continental United States from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean and from Canada to Mexico. Pennants from universities and colleges from coast to coast are illustrated throughout the map. The pennants of both traditional powerhouses and smaller schools are present, such as Auburn, Florida, Navy, Princeton, Penn State, Oklahoma, Nebraska, U.C.L.A., Oregon, Washington, and Texas, along with too many more to list here. Other schools are labeled on the map using megaphones (Vanderbilt and Cal – Berkeley), footballs (Alabama, Miami, and Notre Dame), drums (T.C.U. and Wyoming), and even football players (U.S.C. and Texas A and M). Bowl game scores, and the stadiums they were played in, are also illustrated on the map, including the Rose Bowl, Cotton Bowl, Sugar Bowl, and Orange Bowl. A small map depicting the make-up of the major college football conferences is situated on the lower right. https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/FootballMap-cheeseman-1940 #geographicus #raremap #raremaps #antiquemaps #antiquemap #football #collegefootballmap #collegefootball #pictorialmap #pictorialmaps (at Geographicus Rare Antique Maps)

This is a 1929 Walter Knapp map of Oberlin, Ohio and Oberlin College with fascinating 'Underground Railroad' and temperance references. The map depicts the town of Oberlin from the Lorain, Ashland, and Southern railroad line to North Crosby Street and from the football field to West Hamilton Street. Nearly all the streets are labeled, while houses and other buildings illustrated throughout. Churches, inns, taverns, and the yacht club are labeled as well. Some of the labels, such as the haunted house and the mermaid next to the 'bridge of size' are charming and reflect local folklore and whimsy. For example, a dinosaur inhabits the top right corner of the map, near 'Ye land flowing with milk and honey.' The train for New York City cuts through town. https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/OberlinCollege-knapp-1929 #geographicus #raremap #raremaps #antiquemaps #antiquemap #oberlin #oberlincollege #pictorialmaps #pictorialmap (at Geographicus Rare Antique Maps)

This is a 1946 Frederick Tilp map of the Potomac River. The map depicts the river and its environs from Washington, D.C. and Georgetown University to Indian Head, Maryland. Charmingly illustrated, several morsels of information concerning American history in the region are provided. The earliest tidbit presents the fact that Moyaone, a Native American village on or near the river, was noted on Captain John Smith's map in 1608. Several locations within Washington, D.C. are labeled, including the Naval Research Laboratory, Bolling Field Army Aire Base, the naval air station, and Georgetown University, complete with a vignette of the clock tower on Healy Hall. A wonderful illustration of the U.S. Capitol is situated along the left border. Other information provided on the map concerns events during the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the American Civil War. https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/TidewaterPotomac-tilp-1946 #geographicus #raremap #raremaps #antiquemaps #antiquemap #pictorialmaps #pictorialmap #washingtondc #potomacriver (at Geographicus Rare Antique Maps)

This is an unusual c. 1960 Japanese language pictorial map of the United States. The map is intended to illustrate resources, historic sites, and landmarks. There are three inset maps on the lower left detailing the railroad network, airways network, and road network. Although the map is in Japanese, the map was printed in the United States. We are aware of variants of this map in English, French, German, Spanish, Danish, Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese and Farsi. The map was issued by the U.S. Department of State and was most likely intended to promote foreign tourism, as an English language variant of the map, issued by Humble Oil and Refining, is titled Trip Planning Map of the United States. The P. J. Mode collection at Cornell has variant examples in German dating to 1958 and in English dating to 1962. https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/unitedstates-japanese-1950 #geographicus #raremap #raremaps #antiquemaps #antiquemap #propagandamap #pictorialmaps #pictorialmap (at Geographicus Rare Antique Maps)