Archive for Maps
Phillips 66 Wichita, KS Map 1969
Phillips 66 street map of Wichita Kansas, 1969. From Randy’s Service Station also delt with U-Haul. 3155 South Broadway, Wichita, KS. It includes a list of all “66″ stations in Wichita. This map is a little different than most 1969 Phillips maps which show a more close up view of a station and many are in color. The “66″ in Phillips 66 stands for Route 66 which goes right through Bartlesville, OK, the home of Mr. Phillips.
JVC – Video the Better Way – Early VHS Booklets
Here’s some vintage VHS booklets when the medium was new. Video the Better Way: A New Art for a New Age. JVC VHS. There are five booklets in here, Basics, Production, Enhancement, Applications, and Supplements. I’m going to be putting this on eBay unless one of my gentle readers contacts me today. I don’t remember seeing a copyright date, but it does mention the equipment lineup “as of December 1980.” I couldn’t scan it without damaging the binding, so I took photos as best as I could.
When I first saw this on the shelf, I thought it was an old tape, but when I was it was a set of booklets in a VHS-tape sized container, I thought, “How cool!”
I didn’t actually know anyone who owned a VCR until about 1985. Before that we had to rent the machine along with the movie, and it wasn’t cheap. It was cheaper to go out to eat or cruse around all night.
“Possibilities for introducing Video into your life.” I like how Video is capitalized.
Look at the size of those VCRs and cameras! VCRs with wired remotes!
Check out the map of the world’s color and black and white TV broadcasting systems.
Indians of Kansas Wall Map
“Official” Indians of Kansas map by the Hearne Brothers. Arapaho and Cheyenne, Kiowa and Comanche, Pawnee, Kansa (where Kansas gets it’s name), Wichita, Missouri and Oto, and Osage. I like the art work around the edges.
Counties of Kansas wall map by the Hearne Brothers.
These maps are hanging on the wall in the building where I work.
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Bourbon County Kansas Platt Map
A plat map is a gold mine to genealogists. It is a map of who owned what property in a county. I donated this one to the local library genealogy section. There is no cover on it so it probably isn’t worth much.
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1925 General Atlas of the World
General Atlas of the World, Rand McNally & Company, 1925. It’s pretty cool, I just really like the look and color of these older maps. Of course the largest cities in the world have changed. In 1925 it was 1) London at 7 million people, then New York with 5 1/2 million. Next three are Paris, Chicago and Petrograd, Russia, each having between 2.3 and 2.8 million people.
