Nice Maps photos

Some cool Maps images:

Instructor and students studying a map, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex. (LOC)


Image by The Library of Congress
Rothstein, Arthur,, 1915-1985,, photographer.

Instructor and students studying a map, Meacham Field, Fort Worth, Tex.

1942 Jan.

1 slide : color.

Notes:
Title from FSA or OWI agency caption.
Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944.

Subjects:
Flight training
United States--Texas--Fort Worth

Format: Slides--Color

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Part Of: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information Collection 11671-20 (DLC) 93845501

General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac

Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34250

Call Number: LC-USF35-287

World Map 1689 — No. 1


Image by Chuck "Caveman" Coker
I love the artwork found on old maps. The Auto Club map makers could take lessons on map making from van Schagen.

Gerard van Schagen produced this world map in 1689. It was made in Amsterdam using a copper engraving method and hand colored. It comes from an extremely rare set of maps, only known in one other example in the Amsterdam University. There are no copies in American libraries. The size of the original map is 19.02 x 22.05 inches (48.3 x 56.0 cm). The digital image I have is 4,560 x 3,936 pixels.

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Update 1: This image was used to accompany an article by Colin Shevlin, MAPS Meeting, on the Saint Louis University website on February 6, 2009.

Update 2: This image was used to accompany an article entitled World Digital Library to Launch, on Monday, April 6, 2009.

Update 3: This photo was #306 on Flickr's Explore page on January 10, 2009. Woohoo!

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Tony Steve Dominick 1978 Bell Bottoms - Boro Park Brooklyn NYC MTA MAP Shirt


Image by Whiskeygonebad
Tony Steve Dominick
The spring of 1978 in Bell Bottoms
Me - Subway map, Steve - Led Zeppelin, Dom - tank top.
We just emerged from the basement from working out.
Man, it feels like maybe 10 years ago, but it was an amazing 33 !!!
Minolta XE-7 20mm Vivitar on tripod self-timer.
Torn down in '86: My family home was built in 1855.

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