An interesting and humorous depiction of an "Ideal City," designed by the British illustrator Ronald Lampitt to accompany a piece by John Pudney which appeared in the 17 February 1951 issue of Illustrated Magazine. This imagined city borrows features...
Decorative map of world, published by Jacques Lizou. Lizou published a number of maps in this style in 1951, including maps of the French provinces, etc.
Lone Star Humor Previously unrecorded pictorial map of Texas, published in San Antonio by Nowotny-Burrell & Co. Entertaining pictorial map of Texas, with a fun variety of Texas humor and wit. The map is filled with clever notes and cute twists on...
Striking map of the area around Pasadena, including a pictorial representation of the Sierra Madre Mountains and Angeles National in the north. The map is produced by the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce and focuses on the location of local schools in the...
Vintage pictorial map of Southern California, issued by The All-Year Club of Southern California to promote tourism to the region in the middle of the 20th century. The main map includes an overview of Southern California (stretching up to Mono...
Decorative map of North and Central America, published by Jacques Lizou. Lizou published a number of maps in this style in 1951, including maps of the French provinces, etc. The map was also used in a Pan American Airways menu in the 1960s.
Halt The Liars! Stop The Fake News! Rare separately published political broadside, decrying the channeling of Stalinist Russia's lies, fake news and disinformation campaigns via the French Communist Party, after World War II. As described in greater...
Unfinished Pictorial of France By Noted French Illustrator Joseph Pinchon -- Commissioned By Huguette Clark A remarkable pictorial view of France, painted by the French artist and illustrator Joseph Pinchon in 1951 for his patron New York Heiress...
This is a detailed map of Greater Berlin, divided into its four occupied zones. Made at a time when the Cold War was at one of its many peaks, some recent conflicts had led to renewed public interest in the city, which had been the subject of its...
Decorative map of Asia, published by Jacques Lizou. Lizou published a number of maps in this style in 1951, including maps of the French provinces, etc.
Historical Map of Baghdad by the Iraqi Academy of Science and Famed Iraqi Scholar Mustafa Jawad Fine map describing the early and modern history of Baghdad, with richly detailed text produced by Iraq’s top scholars and a focus on the changing course...
Decorative map of Australia, the Philippines, New Guinea, New Zealand and the South Pacific, published by Jacques Lizou. Lizou published a number of maps in this style in 1951, including maps of the French provinces, etc.