Newsmap. Monday, August 3, 1942 : week of July 24 to July 31, poster, August 3, 1942; [Washington, D.C.]. University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.
Category: Maps
Map Porn, where to go and how to get there…
Map of Egypt, 1920
Dante’s Hell
Dante
Maps from Pocket Guides
Waldorf-Astoria, 1931
The original Waldorf Hotel was built on the site of millionaire William Waldorf Astor’s mansion at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 33rd Street. The 13-story hotel opened on 13 March 1893. Four years later, Waldorf’s cousin, John Jacob Astor IV, erected the 17-story Astoria Hotel on an adjacent site. John Jacob Astor IV died on the Titanic on 15 April 1912. William Waldorf Astoria, having returned to England in 1893, died 18 October 1919.
In 1929, the owners decided to tear down the original building due to it becoming dated and the draining of its revenues caused by Prohibition. The site was sold to the developers of what would become the Empire State Building. The current location on Park Avenue opened on October 1st, 1931 as the tallest and largest hotel in the world. (Hilton.com)
Stonehenge, Fall Equinox
c. 1930s postcard of Stonehenge
Stonehenge on horizon, Wiltshire, Salisbury Plain
Plan of Stonehenge, 1867
More information and the history of Stonehenge can be found here (Wikipedia)
Roman Map of the World, 20AD
Reconstructed Roman world map, Orbis Terra, circa 20 A.D., as commissioned by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa.
Hollow Earth
Map I reproduced several years ago, don’t remember where the original came from.
High Resolution, Hollow Earth PDF
© 2005
Apartment Floorplans, 1930s
Treasure Hunts 1933
Depression Spurs Lost Gold Treasure Hunts – Modern Mechanix, August, 1933. Cover art by Norman Saunders
