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| 7967 |  | Details | Silicon Maps Inc. | 2001 |
| Silicon Desert 2001 Arizona High-Tech Industry Map and Calendar |
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Silicon Maps Inc. |
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| $400.00 | Silicon-Maps-Inc- | Silicon-Desert-2001-Arizona-High-Tech-Industry-Map-and-Calendar | A scarce 2001 “Silicon Desert” map celebrates Arizona’s emergence as a major technology and semiconductor hub at the dawn of the 21st century. Produced by Silicon Maps Inc. of San Ramon, California, the illustrated map depicts the Phoenix–Tempe–Chandler corridor and Tucson as thriving centers of high-tech industry.
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Dozens of company logos are arranged across a stylized desert landscape featuring Arizona landmarks such as the Grand Canyon, Meteor Crater, and Biosphere II. Major firms including Intel, Motorola, Microchip, ON Semiconductor, Raytheon, and Intuit highlight the state’s strength in electronics, aerospace, software, and defense manufacturing.
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Designed as both a promotional artifact and a functional 2001 calendar, the map was sponsored by ON Semiconductor, whose tagline—“Leaders in Broadband and Power Management Solutions”—appears below. The term “Silicon Desert,” echoing “Silicon Valley,” symbolized Arizona’s transition from a resource-based economy to one driven by innovation, research, and technology production. Today, this map stands as a vivid time capsule of Arizona’s booming tech sector at the turn of the millennium, capturing the optimism and industrial energy that defined the era.
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| 7927 |  | Details | Rambo, Ralph | 1971 |
| Santa Clara Valley sample map letter price list of Ralph Rambo |
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Rambo, Ralph |
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| 1971 |
| LOC:41 |
| $325.00 | Rambo--Ralph | Santa-Clara-Valley-sample-map-letter-price-list-of-Ralph-Rambo | A group of three artifacts that capture the spirit of California’s “Valley of Heart’s Delight” as seen through the eyes of Ralph Rambo (1894–1990)—the artist, humorist, and historian who chronicled old Santa Clara before it became Silicon Valley. Included is an autograph letter signed “Ralph Rambo” on his personal printed letterhead, dated circa 1971, in which the 76-year-old Rambo discusses his experience designing and selling maps as a “retirement pastime.” Written in his distinctive hand, the letter reflects his entrepreneurial wit and warm tone as he advises a fellow enthusiast on the economics of map publishing: “You are getting the very last of these maps... a handsome profit in map selling IF you have something GOOD with a wide appeal.”
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Accompanying the letter are a salesman's' sample of Rambo’s pictorial map, -- Cartoon Pen and Inklings of the Old Santa Clara Valley — and Rambo's original price list for his illustrated works, all housed together in their original mailing envelope bearing Rambo’s Santa Clara return address. Together these three pieces form an evocative snapshot of a regional artist at work, combining correspondence, cartographic art, and period ephemera. An appealing and uncommon ensemble for collectors of California history, pictorial maps, or mid-century American illustration, they provide a glimpse into Rambo the entrepreneur. |
| 6787 |  | Details | The Original Silicon Valley Map and Calendar | 1998 |
| Silicon Valley Historical Perspective Calendar Labeled Map |
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The Original Silicon Valley Map and Calendar |
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| 1998 |
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| $295.00 | The-Original-Silicon-Valley-Map-and-Calendar | Silicon-Valley-Historical-Perspective-Calendar-Labeled-Map | A sponsored calendar listing notable events for the 100 sponsoring firms in the Santa Clara Valley, Silicon Valley, California. Events range over a period from 1891 when Leland Stanford Jr. University opened near Palo Alto, through 1998 when Hexcel Corporation celebrated its 50th anniversary. Satellite photomap of Silicon Valley labeled with a numerical index sourced from the event table at right.
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With large advertisement for the map's primary sponsor, Computer Literacy, that offered "computer and electronics books and related services to its customers through its retail stores and online."
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Copyright 1997 by The Original Silicon Valley Map and Calendar a division of Amen International, San Jose California. Designed by OnTarget and printed by Benjamin Litho.
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Other key events include:
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<li>1970 | Xerox Palo Alto Research Center is founded.</li>
<li>1976 | Wozniak and Jobs found Apple Computer.</li>
<li>1981 | IBM introduces the first IBM PC.</li>
<li>1987 | Microsoft PowerPoint introduced.</li>
<li>1995 | Sun Microsystems introduces Java.</li>
<li>1997 | Apple acquires Next with Steve Jobs.</li>
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| 6784 |  | Details | Silicon Maps Inc. and Trestria Inc. | 2008 |
| 2008 Pictorial Calendar Map of Silicon Valley California |
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Silicon Maps Inc. and Trestria Inc. |
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| 2008 |
| LOC:11111 |
| $600.00 | Silicon-Maps-Inc--and-Trestria-Inc- | 2008-Pictorial-Calendar-Map-of-Silicon-Valley-California | Scarce "Classic Edition" Silicon Valley map and calendar copyrighted 2008 by Silicon Maps Inc. and Testria, Inc. Sponsored by Citrix, 4988 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, California. Glossy finish as issued. |
| 6782 |  | Details | City Design | 1991 |
| Pictorial Advertising Map of San Jose, California |
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City Design |
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| 1991 |
| LOC:111111 |
| $1,600.00 | City-Design | Pictorial-Advertising-Map-of-San-Jose--California | Scarce pictorial advertising map of San Jose, California at the heart of Silicon Valley. A late 20th-century map produced and copyrighted by City Design of Pleasanton, California, in 1991. Names and phone numbers of sponsoring businesses appear in banners in the general vicinity of the business' address.
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<img id="6782" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6782/SC_6782_detail_1.jpg" alt="Detail from City Design map of San Jose, California. 1991." width="340"/> <br><br> <font size="-2">Detail from 1991 City Design map of San Jose, CA.</font>
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| 6760 |  | Details | Hillam, Corbin | 1981 |
| First Silicon Valley Advertising Pictorial Map |
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Hillam, Corbin |
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| 1981 |
| LOC:150 |
| $5,600.00 | Hillam--Corbin | First-Silicon-Valley-Advertising-Pictorial-Map | Original first pictorial advertising map locating "Silicon Valley". In 1981, artist Corbin Hillam unveiled a remarkable pictorial advertising map of Silicon Valley California, an artistic and commercial illustration that inspired a series of more than eighteen similar pictorial advertising maps created by various artists and publishers. Together the maps (1) provide an informative graphical time series of the firms active in Silicon Valley and the Santa Clara Valley Region in the late 20th century.
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Analysis: The map is important as it is among the few remaining copies of Hillam's 1981 Silicon Valley map, created in the year IBM introduced its inaugural personal computer or PC, a groundbreaking event that sent ripples of innovation across the business landscape. IBM's PC served as a resounding testament, affirming the tangible reality of personal computing and establishing its enduring presence. 1981 was the year that personal computing won the corporate seal of approval.
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Copyright Eclectibles, 1981.
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<img id="6760" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6760/SC_6760_detail_1.jpg" alt="First Silicon Valley Advertising Pictorial Map. Corbin Hillam. 1981. " width="340"/> <br><br> <font size="-2">Palo Alto detail from "Silicon Valley".</font>
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| 6775 |  | Details | Mikkelsen and Associates | 1991 |
| Silicon Valley Pictorial Advertising Map Spirit of Innovation |
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Mikkelsen and Associates |
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| 1991 |
| LOC:150 |
| $4,400.00 | Mikkelsen-and-Associates | Silicon-Valley-Pictorial-Advertising-Map-Spirit-of-Innovation | Pictorial map poster for Silicon Valley, California by Mikkelsen and Associates, 1991. The creator identifies San Jose as the "Capital of Silicon Valley." Very scarce in this version, lacking a calendar.
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<img id="6775" src="/ZoomifyImages/SC_6775/SC_6775_detail_1.jpg" alt="Pictorial map poster for Silicon Valley, California by Mikkelsen and Associates, 1991" width="340"/> <br><br> <font size="-2"> Capital of Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA.</font>
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The poster was commissioned and copyrighted by Access Global Inc. 1992 (1). With the San Francisco skyline visible at upper left, the poster map shows elevation views of local tech firm buildings and other businesses, each identified with the firm's name and logo. These include:
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<li>Mylex</li>
<li>Phase Two Industries</li>
<li>Synoptics</li>
<li>Hitachi Data Systems</li>
<li>Zilog</li>
<li>Sierra Semiconductor</li>
<li>Jabil Circuit</li>
<li>Photronics</li>
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(1) Access Global, Inc. Milpitas, California. Access Global, Inc. was incorporated in 1991. That firm's trademark was "Spirit of Innovation. |