Gfroerer Curt (2 results)

Colour bird's eye view map, 22.4 x 39.3 cms on a newspaper leaf trimmed to a half sheet 29.8 x 41.6 cms (including caption), slight toning at an old central fold, the map in very good condition. Unrelated black and white photographic illustrations on the verso "Pre-flight Trainers used in Chicago to give ground instruction to would-be pilots" and "New rekindled Montauk Light, Long Island, N.Y." Map published in the Chicago Daily Tribune days before the bombing of Hiroshima on August 6,1945. "Perspective map of Tokyo bay and contiguous land and sea areas, showing Tokyo, Yokohama, the Yokosuka naval base, industrial sections and other features .In this map north is at the right instead of at the top - an expedient adopted to show all of the bay as large as possible in half page space." (caption).

Printed colour pictorial map on a single newspaper leaf, 37 x 52 cms; 43 x 59.5 cms (sheet), three inset maps, archivally laid down on linen, very good condition. Full page map published in the "Chicago Daily Tribune" after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki prior to occupation by US and Allied forces in September, 1945. "This is a new map of the main islands of Japan, where American occupational troops will land and establish their military rule." (map text) The legend notes "Places bombed by U.S. Air Forces with a red circle" and "Cities bombed by Atomic Bomb" with a red star. The main map shows the Japanese islands of Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, with the Korean peninsula. Inset maps show Hokkaido, Formosa and a general map of the area.