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1946 - Paul Sample's America Its Soil

  • $21.99

Striking pictorial map of the United States, by W.P.A. artist Paul Sample. The map provides a fine look at agricultural America, paying tribute to America's farming and ranching traditions from coast to coast. The map was one of three lithographic...


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1953 - Pleasure Map of America Featuring Pre-Planned Vacations by Greyhound

  • $14.99

Scarce pictorial map of the United States, promoting pre-planned vacation packages offered by Greyhound. The map is illustrated with regional tourist attraction vignettes, with numbers keyed to Greyhound's vacation tour packages described on the...


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1959 - Standard School Broadcast Pictorial Nature Map United States of America

  • $21.99

Lively "educational" map of the United States, produced for the Standard Oil Company of California (logo at the top right, in the compass rose). The map provides a rich tapestry of 100s of animals, birds, trees, reptiles, fish, plants and sea...


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1959 - A Nation of Immigrants

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"The immigrants we welcome today and tomorrow will carry on this tradition and help us to retain, reinvigorate and strengthen the American spirit." Important vintage pictorial map by Daniela Passal, issued as a companion to John F. Kennedy's A Nation...


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1959 - The Philatelic Institute's Stamp Map of the United States . . .

  • $21.99

Scarce 1959 edition of Ernest Dudley Chase's stamp map, published for the Philatelic Institute. The map includes images of US Postage stamps arrayed across the states, many placed thematically based upon the places to which they correspond...


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1959 - Hammond's Fabulous Treasure Map

  • $14.99

Pirates and Treasure! Lively pictorial map of North America, providing the locations of famous treasures, real and mythical, disbursed throughout the region. From the Lost Dutchman mine to John Dillinger's stash near Mercer Wisconsin, The map details...


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1960 - Armour's Food Source Map

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Scarce promotional map published by Armour & Company, displaying and illustrating the agricultural regions of the United States. This is the second of Armour's food maps, updated from the 1922 edition. It includes a lengthy text explanation of...


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1960 - Folklore and Legends of Our Country

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Interesting pictorial / gasoline map of the United States, illustrating on a state by state basis great events in American History. The map is geared toward children, providing a lively and sometimes politically off-color look at America's history....


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1960 - American Airlines System Map

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Striking example of this American Airlines promotional map, introducing the upcoming launch of Stage II of the 707 Astrojet. First introduced in 1959, the Boeing 707 "Astrojet" would become the backbone of commercial aviation. The present map was...


10

1961 - USA SAS Scandinavian System

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Decorative vintage pictorial map of the United States, published by Scandinavian Airlines System. An interesting and attractive pictorial map with some quaint and politically incorrect imagery, when viewed from a modern perspective. Signed "-CLAUSEN 61"


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1961 - American Airlines System Map

  • $21.99

Striking example of this American Airlines promotional map, introducing the upcoming launch of Stage II of the 707 Astrojet. First introduced in 1959, the Boeing 707 "Astrojet" would become the backbone of commercial aviation. The present map was...


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1965 - The Little Old Lady's U.S.A.

  • $14.99

Marvelous whimsical map of the United States. Includes a charming and equally whimsical colored folder. The maps were part of the original publications of the Pisani Press of San Francisco (a division of Pisani Printing Company, then of 485 Brannan...


13

1976 - American Revolution Bicentennial Map. . . .

  • $14.99

Fine large format map of the United States, featuring vignettes of historical events during the American Revolution and a 1970s style art motif. In addition to Revolutionary War related facts, the map shows information on the California Missions, the...


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1907 - Trolley Wayfinder Birds Eye View of Trolley Routes in New England.

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Attractive color-lithographed bird's-eye view of the eastern part of New England, showing the trolley routes in the area roughly bounded by New Bedford, Providence, Worcester, Concord, and Portland. The map is an impressive work of popular color...


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1940 - United States Coast Guard Boston District

  • $14.99

Interesting pictorial map of the coast of New England. Includes an image of "The Famous Lighthouses of New England. From a painting by Larry O'Toole."


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1949 - A Picture Chart of Cape Cod Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket . . .

  • $14.99

Fascinating pictorial map of Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, attributed to Ernest Dudly Chase and first issued in 1949, which would later be revised by his wife, Clara Chase in 1956 and circa 1960. Fine pictographic map of the Cape Cod...