Showing posts with label maps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maps. Show all posts

November 16, 2015

This Porcineograph


I am not sure if this is charming or horrific.
The Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co., Boston - 1876 - Library of Congress

December 28, 2013

Civilian Conservation Corps Map

The best thing about this map - and there is much to be praised - has to be the two CCC guys holding the shield. We need to reintroduce art to public works.
Schenectady, NY - 1937 - Grems-Doolittle Library Connection

April 19, 2013

Rambles Through Our County


I can confirm that Florida is 90% swamp and alligators. Please, do not come here. We will fight the alligators for you.
Educational Game from Schaefer & Weisenbach Litho. - 1890 - @ Big Map Blog

February 9, 2011

Disneyland, 2 days before opening

It's like a cross-section of the body of a horrible snake-like monster.

Anaheim, California
1955

September 28, 2010

Goonies are Good Enough

Okay, it doesn't look like much in the small version. But if you are a Goonies fan, click on it and look at it full sized. Everything's there, from Copperpot to their piss marks on the walls. Too cool!

Movie-Inspired Map
2010, artist Andrew DeGraff

September 14, 2010

Buried Treasure

I spent so much time digging holes and making or reading maps as a kid, you don't even know.

(Hit the "from" link to see what all these numbers and letters refer to.)

Mechanix Illustrated
1956

February 10, 2010

all the pretty colors


Did you ever play SimCity, back in the day? That's exactly what this looks like to me.

Amarillo, Texas
from the Amarillo Public Library

January 18, 2010

Prester John's Kingdom


I can't help but wish we lived in a world where certain corners were still full of imaginary kingdoms and sea monsters.

A Description of The Empire of Prester John, Also Known as the Abyssinian Empire
1570s, produced by Ortelius
from Strange Maps

August 29, 2009

Map of the USA, Made in Japan


Eh, close enough.

Map included in Tengai Makyou: Daishi no Mokushiroku (The Fourth Apocalypse), a humorous Japanese RPG.
1997
from Strange Maps