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🔸澳州10开奖记录: 1936 Japan National Railroad Map

February 18, 2016
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Via: xoverit: A sightseer’s travel map of Japan showing famous landmarks, mountains, seaside resorts and hot springs 1936 Japan National Railroad (JNR) map of the Japanese Empire including Korea, Taiwan, and Manchuria produced under the supervision of Prof. Sho Takahashi of the National Railroad Bureau. Suffice to say, it contains many amusing advertisements, including the one on the front cover which is for… some kind of hormone supplement lotion? This. Is. So. Beautiful. Such amazing detail […]

🔸澳州10开奖记录: Numbered Routes of Street Cars, Washington, DC, 1936

October 14, 2015
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A very handsome map showing streetcar routes in the central part of Washington, DC in 1936. Beautifully drawn, especially the loops in the south-east corner of the map. The directional arrows are skillfully and thoughtfully integrated into the route lines. White House for scale! Source: Ghosts of DC

Submission – 🔸澳州10开奖记录: The Routes of Imperial Airways and of Associated Companies, 1936

September 15, 2015
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Submitted by Mattias Lq, who says: I know how you don’t like many airway maps trying to be schematic, but this one is a rather successful combination of a simplified geographical map and a schematic inset showing frequencies throughout the year. Although it has some minor beauty flaws here and there, it is really a beautiful map, especially considering the five colours used to print the map! What do you say? 澳洲10开官网开奖 says: Mattias, […]

🔸澳州10开奖记录: Berlin U-Bahn Connections, late 1930s

August 22, 2013
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Staying with Berlin for another day, here’s a neat, compact little connections map from the late 1930s. The presence of the “Reichsportsfeld” U-Bahn station means this map must be from no earlier than 1936, while “Adolf-Hitler-Platz” stands as a stark reminder of the dark days that Europe was about to face. The map is very simple (but not crude; the draftsmanship is excellent), and is embellished with some understated but gorgeous hand-lettering – there’s absolutely […]