Go All the Way on U.S. 54.

Publication date: 1950

Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

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Very good. Light wear along original fold lines. City 'itinerary' on verso. Size 8.5 x 22.375 Inches. Highlighting 'Mid-America's Diagonal Boulevard', this is a c. 1950 U.S. 54 Association strip map of U.S. Highway 54. Connecting Chicago with El Paso and Juarez, Mexico, the map identifies cities and towns all along the highway. A few sites are marked along the highway as well, such as Ute Dam in New Mexico and Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. Radio stations are identified along the highway as well, providing news and entertainment. Connecting highways branch off from U.S. 54, allowing for some additional context. An 'index' of cities and towns along the highway in order from Chicago to El Paso occupies the verso. Highway Associations The movement promoting the construction of 'good quality' roads did not begin with the invention of the automobile, but rather with the bicycle. At the time, most interurban roads were unpaved and impractical for cycling. The 'Good Roads Movement' was inaugurated in May 1880 to advocate for bicycle enthusiasts, riding clubs, and manufacturers. By 1910, the American Automobile Association (AAA) jumped onboard, along with over one hundred other local and national organizations. 'Road booster' organizations emerged to promote specific, often branded, highways. By the 1920s, about 250 'named' highways, each with their own boosters, crossed the United States. 'Road boosters' still exist, but most disbanded in the 1950s and 60s with the emergence federally funded Interstate Highway System. Publication History and Census This map was created and published by the U.S. 54 Association. We note a single cataloged example which is part of the collection at Southern Illinois University. References: OCLC 785894432.…

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Title
Go All the Way on U.S. 54.
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1950 U.S. 54 Association Strip Map of U.S. Highway 54
Publication year
1950
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UNITED-STATES-MAPS

Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.

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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion, and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk. This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map. Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the IMCOS, and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.…

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