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FOLDER 1 |
Harry W. Frantz map
collection
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Global Map for Global War
and Global Peace, 1943
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62 x 85 cm |
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Detailed color-printed folding pictorial map of the world on an Azimuthal
Equidistant Projection, prepared for Alcoa (Aluminum Company of America)
in 1943.
The map features the emblems of diverse national Air Forces during the
Second World War, including Iraq, Latvia, Iran, Guatemala, "Fighting
France", China (Kuomintang), Brazil, and many others.
The verso features U.S. military insignia (Army, Navy, and Air Force),
Aircraft Squadron Insignia, tips on spotting aircraft, aircraft
formations, etc. It also features a vignette on the kinds of aluminum
used to make airplanes.
The covers show three representations of the Earth, comparing the times
it took to travel around the world in 1872, 1903, and 1943. |
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Pennsylvania Central
Airlines. Maps in the 14th Year of Operating Experience Serving the
Capitals of Industry, 1950
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46 x 71 cm |
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Rand McNally, Chicago.
Pictoral map showing the airline's routes and distances between cities.
Verso maps:
All maps 22 statute miles to one inch.
Pittsburgh-Washington-Baltimore.
Pittsburgh-Detroit.
Detroit-Milwaukee.
Washington-Buffalo.
Pittsburgh-Buffalo.
Detroit-Sault Ste. Marie.
Washington-Norfolk.
Chicago-Grand Rapids. |
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American Airlines System
Map. Route of the Flagships, ca.
1940s
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59 x 79 cm |
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General Drafting Co., Inc., New York.
Pictorial map with vignettes depicting attractions across the United
States and in portions of Canada and Mexico.
The American Airlines System is depicted "in relation to the Air
Transport System" of the United States, with other airlines marked in
green.
Verso maps:
Boston-New York-Washington.
Chicago-Buffalo.
Buffalo and Toronto-New York.
Chicago-St. Louis.
St. Louis-Dallas-Fort Worth.
Chicago-Washington.
Cleveland-Nashville.
Albany-New York.
Chicago-New York.
Los Angeles-Fort Worth-Dallas.
Fort Worth-Dallas-Washington.
Pictographs include one of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State and
one of the Dionne Quintuplets. |
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The World Prepared
Especially for The National Geographic Magazine. Showing the Political
Divisions, Including Those Established after the World War, 1922
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175 x 279 cm |
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Gilbert Grosvenor.
National Geographic map of the world showing international and
states boundaries after World War I.
Insets of the north polar region, south polar region, density of
population and prevailing winds, and natural vegetation and ocean
currents.
Scale: ca. 1:39,600,000 (625 miles to the inch). |
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U.S. Foreign Air Mail
Routes. Post Office Department, January 1,
1936
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46 x 59 cm |
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Black and white map.
Post Office Department map showing the airmail routes in South America,
Mexico and Central America.
Shows foreign mail routes and connecting air mail routes. |
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Pilot Chart of the Upper Air
-- North Atlantic Ocean. No. 1400a, January
1936
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66 x 97 cm |
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Hydrographic Office under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy,
Washington, D.C.
Weather chart of the upper air.
Verso incldues Air Traffic Rules.
Printed December 23, 1935. |
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The Main Trunk Air Routes of
the World, 1933
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United States Coast Guard.
Edition No. 3 |
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Hammond's Air Age Mape of
the World. A Polar Projection, 1948
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73 x 51 cm |
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C.S. Hammond, New York.
Color world map that shows airways routes over the Arctic Circle and
other global air-routes with air distances.
Azimuthal equidistant polar projection.
Inset maps of the Eastern and Western hemispheres. |
