TIL, after the LDS church vacated Nauvoo for Utah, the land was sold to a French utopian socialist community, the Icarians. The Icarians lasted there… Read More »Visit Keokuk, Nauvoo and the other delights of the Tri-state area
Made for the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco Bay. Held 1939 and 1940 to celebrate the completion of the Golden Gate and Bay… Read More »Standard Oil presents Mickey and Donald’s Race to Treasure Island
These glasses have are printed with Visual Flight Rules maps of the areas around major US airports. When the weather is fine, pilots can use… Read More »Airport Glasses – VFR Terminal Area Charts
I was intrigued by the little inset. That would appear to be Bornholm, an island in the Baltic far to the east of the rest… Read More »Sampler map of Denmark 1949
Lovely map of the major railways and side trips offered by Crofutt’s Overland Tours of the West. Here’s a nice zoomable example of the map… Read More »Crofutt’s Overland Tours (1888)
These islands form part of the French overseas collectivity of Wallis and Futuna in the South Pacific. Per WIki:Futuna takes its name from an endonym… Read More »Ile Futuna / Ile Alofi
Aficionados know that Marblehead, Massachusetts was one of the geographical inspirations for HP Lovecraft’s Kingsport. Seeing Marblehead at sunset in 1922 was “the most powerful… Read More »From Marbles to a Map of Marblehead
MARA was originally a group of ham radio operators organized by the Latter Day Saints in case of emergencies. They seem to have a public… Read More »Mercury Amateur Radio Association Emergency Network
I think people looking for mermaids in Oklahoma may have a word with the ‘Conoco Travel Bureau’. Here’s a few more:
Fascinating map of California and the settlements of the Great Salt Lake area of Utah. Seems like a strange combo, but an obvious connection is… Read More »Map of California and Great Salt Lake area