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This is the first map in my collection that isn't from the 1890s. This map is from 1972, around the time of the second bike boom in the United States. I am on a quest for more bike maps from this time period.

"This “Guide Map of the City of Detroit for Bicyclists, Showing Pavements” was copyrighted during the bicycle boom of the 1890’s...The map’s title points out its most striking detail: the color-coded mish-mash of various pavement types, ranging from…

This is one more of the sectional maps from the California guide for cyclists.

Map of California Roads for Cyclers. This Map Engraved by the California Photo-Eng. Co. Wasp B'ld'g., 513 Market St., S.F. Designed & Drawn by Geo. W. Blum. Edward Denny & Co. 207 Montgomery St. Sole Agents. Published and Copyrighted by Geo. W. Blum,…

This is one of the 7 smaller sections of the "Cyclers' Guide and Road Book of California" book published in 1895/1896. Bike paths shown in red and labeled with abbreviations. The first abbreviation of the two tells the road condition. Conditions are:…