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6848 | | Details | Utah Railway Chief Engineer | |
Manuscript engineer's trace |
Utah Railway Chief Engineer |
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| $675.00 | Utah-Railway-Chief-Engineer | Manuscript-engineer-s-trace | Singular engineer's presentation trace for the Utah Railway. With this engineer's inked trace map the engineer's office could create numerous blueprint copies for distribution. Produced for the Utah Railway Chief Engineer's office and drawn by Elwood B. Stockman in Feb. 1927. Updated on June 1, 1934. Crisp artwork and lettering. Colors bright.
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Shows Salt Lake City with the Salt Lake Base Line at upper left and extends well past Huntington, Utah at bottom right. Shows Park City.
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The Utah Railway Company, originally named the Utah Coal Railway, was incorporated on January 24, 1912, and later shortened its name to Utah Railway in May of the same year. The company was founded to transport coal from its mines to Provo, Utah, due to an opening in the competitive landscape caused by dissatisfaction with the existing Denver and Rio Grande Railroad's service and route in the area.
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During the 1930s, the Utah Railway faced challenges brought on by the Great Depression, which lowered demand for coal and, consequently, the railroad's business. However, the company managed to maintain its operations and even make some improvements during this difficult period. |
4729 | | Details | Prang, Louis | 1862 |
War Telegram Marking Map |
Prang, Louis |
1862 |
LOC:53 |
| $1,200.00 | Prang--Louis | War-Telegram-Marking-Map | Original 1862 <b>Civil War</b> Telegram Marking Map by Louis Prang showing the Civil War territories of Virginia Pennsylvania, and Washington. The "War Telegram Marking Map", a large antique lithograph, was published by L. Prang, Boston, Massachusetts in 1862 during the second year of the great rebellion.
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Louis Prang & Co. of Boston, Mass took advantage of both lithography and the immediacy of news provided by the telegraph to create this large <b>War Telegram Marking Map</b>. Prang produced these for the Northern public to see where the troops were and to follow along and mark the map up with optional colored pencils as the action was reported. As the map explains, one was to
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“mark the change of positions of the UNION FORCES in RED PENCIL and the REBEL FORCES in BLUE, on the receipt of EVERY TELEGRAM from the seat of war.”
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Dated within to 1862. Lithographed with attractive brown ink. As advertised in the Burlington (Vermont) Sentinel on Friday August 29, 1862:
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"A new war map and just the thing for present use has been published by L Prang & Co. No. 109 Washington Street, Boston called "War Telegram Marking Map" of the seat of War in Virginia. It gives a large and distinct view of the country and places where our armies and those of the rebels are now maneuvering, and is furnished with pencils, red and blue, with which to mark the positions and progress of the respective forces. It is handsomely printed in light brown colors and will be sent by mail on receipt of price: 25 cents for the map and 12 cents for the pencils".
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Source: “War Telegram Marking Map,” The News Media and the Making of America, 1730-1865, accessed January 2, 2019. |
6841 | | Details | Northwest Publishing Company | 1909 |
Plat Book of St. Louis County Missouri |
Northwest Publishing Company |
1909 |
LOC: |
| $1,400.00 | Northwest-Publishing-Company | Plat-Book-of-St--Louis-County-Missouri | A complete cadastral plat book or atlas of St. Louis County, Missouri. This large atlas contains 105 pages of plats, 5 pages of photographs, misc. other maps and pages of local business-card size advertisements, a patron's directory, and an outline map of St. Louis County. Published in 1909 by Northwest Publishing Company, J. R. Dunham compiler and draftsman.
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Cities and towns include:
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<li>Brentwood</li>
<li>Black Jack</li>
<li>Clayton</li>
<li>Creve Couer</li>
<li>Ferguson</li>
<li>Gumbo</li>
<li>Kirkwood</li>
<li>Manchester</li>
<li>Spanish Lake</li>
<li>University City</li>
<li>Valley Park</li>
<li>Webster Groves</li>
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6845 | | Details | Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc. | 1930 |
Scarce view of Hollywood Stars Homes Beverly Hills |
Fairchild Aerial Surveys Inc. |
1930 |
LOC:89 |
| $335.00 | Fairchild-Aerial-Surveys-Inc- | Scarce-view-of-Hollywood-Stars-Homes-Beverly-Hills | Scarce, early photographic oblique "airplane" birds-eye view of Beverly Hills, California annotated with numerals keyed to homes of Hollywood stars. These movie stars include Buster Keaton, Tom Mix, Mary Pickford, Douglass Fairbanks, Charles Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, and Will Rogers. The view probably dates between 1926 and 1933 based on the marriage duration of King Vidor and Eleanor Boardman (Home # 22) . By Fairchild Aerial Surveys, N.Y.C. Published in an unknown magazine. Verso with glamour photographs of period stars.
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The view looks roughly north with the Beverly Hills Hotel, established 1912, slightly to the left of the center. This item may be the earliest published aerial photograph of PhotoMap of Beverly Hills to locate the homes of movie stars and likely predates Landacre's "Newe Mappe of the Heavens."
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"When Wallace Beery flies back from his island camp, or when Ben Lyon volplanes down home to see Bebe and the baby, this is where the magic carpet of Hollywood looks to the returning wanderers of the sky."
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6856 | | Details | Blissberger, Linda | 1982 |
Coconut Grove Poster Advertising Map |
Blissberger, Linda |
1982 |
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| $325.00 | Blissberger--Linda | Coconut-Grove-Poster-Advertising-Map | Scarce advertising poster map of Coconut Grove, Florida by artist Linda Blissberger. 1982.
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"Designed by the Blissberger with the able assistance of the Bliss Bear while dodging bulldozers on Florida Ave. Jan. - Feb. '82. Blissberger Art & Airbrush Creations & Gallery of Surprises. 3425c Main Hwy. 445-3146." |
6847 | | Details | Weaver, Ron | 1985 |
Pictorial poster map of Marathon Florida |
Weaver, Ron |
1985 |
LOC:61 |
| $1,000.00 | Weaver--Ron | Pictorial-poster-map-of-Marathon-Florida | Scarce and beautiful pictorial advertising poster map of Marathon, Florida by Ron Weaver in 1985 - "Marathon, the Heart of the Florida Keys." One of the more attractively illustrated Florida advertising maps I have found. The poster contains large illustrations of Florida Keys wildlife- mosquitos, cormorant, manatees, osprey, and fishing/boating activities well integrated into the design. <br><br>
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<img id="3" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6847/SC_6847_detail1.jpg" alt="Pictorial advertising poster map of Marathon, Florida by Ron Weaver in 1985" width="300"/> <br><small>Details from Ron Weaver's Marathon, Florida poster.</small>
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Quite a nice advertisement for Marathon, Florida and the Florida Keys. A few of the many Marathon, Florida area locations Weaver has noted include:
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<li>Key Colony Beach</li>
<li>Fat Deer Key</li>
<li>Grassy Key</li>
<li>Vaca Cut</li>
<li>Marathon Airport</li>
<li>Overseas Highway</li>
<li>Boot Key Harbor</li>
<li>Old 7 Mile Bridge</li>
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Design graphics and illustration in a distinctive free-hand style by the talented Ron Weaver. Published by Key Exposure, 1223 Royal Street, Key West. |
6821 | | Details | Fitzgerald, Paul | 1996 |
Thematic world map Rich World Poor World |
Fitzgerald, Paul |
1996 |
LOC:400 |
| $375.00 | Fitzgerald--Paul | Thematic-world-map-Rich-World-Poor-World | An early, if not the earliest, large format pictorial map of the two-world model, used to attempt to explain the origins of economic inequities between the Global North (Rich World) and the Global South (Poor World). Map concept, text and artwork by Polyp ca. 1996. The map combines infographics with much textual explanation to explain the economic imbalances between the two conceptual worlds.
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The term "Global South" refers to developing countries primarily located in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. These countries tend to be poorer, experience higher income inequality, and have harsh living conditions compared to the wealthier nations of the "Global North," mainly situated in North America, Europe, and Australia. The term "Global South" gained popularity after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, replacing the previous term "Third World," (in a three-world model) which referred to developing nations during the time of colonialism.
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Scarce. Six holdings in WorldCat. |