San Francisco Entrance, California, 1907
San Francisco and the surrounding bay area
A map drawn by the U.S. Coast Survey in 1907 showing San Francisco bay and the surrounding area. The map displays sounding depths for the bay area, topographic features, the city grid of San Francisco and surrounding settlements, and features specific to the navigation of the bay. The abstract on the David Rumsey website also claims the map was published a year after the 1906 earthquake, yet shows no damage to the city.
U.S. Coast Survey
1907
individual map
regional map
Western North Carolina, a Vacationist's Map and Guide
This map produced by the North Carolina State Advertising Division illustrates the recreational opportunities of Western North Carolina. The Great Smoky Mountains and Blue Ridge Mountains form the geographic boundaries of the region; there are no images or opportunities noted beyond the state lines. The image consists of two maps. "The Fun" includes illustrations and labels of local tourist attractions. "The Hiways" is a standard road map of the same region.
Outdoor recreation opportunities are highlighted. The pictorial representation of the mountain ranges defines the map; by naming each mountain, the map makers indicate to the viewer that they are places worth knowing. Waterfalls, hiking trails, and lakes are also found across the map. This includes Fontana Lake, a lake created by a TVA dam.
Amenities are drawn all over the map. Trails, camp spots, small towns, and major roads traverse the entire landscape, making every labelled spot both visually and practically accessible to the traveler. The road map in the bottom right-hand corner to allow the prospective tourist to navigate their way to the attraction.
Notably missing from this map are any rivers and land or features from the surrounding states.
John Sink
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
North Carolina State Advertising Division
1956 (estimated)
State
04 Neal Fireproof Storage Locations
Map of Greater Cleveland
Layer 04 identifies the locations of the Neal Company's three storage facilities around Cleveland. It also identifies and locates names of cities outside of Greater Cleveland where they service.
General Content: Storage Facilities
General Content: City Directions/Names
Analytical Content: Service Areas
Analytical Content: Facility Network
Capitalized text
I chose to incorporate only the capitalized text in this layer for two reasons: (1) It seems to me that choice of the font/size of the textual references bears some implications about how important certain features were to the map-makers (the more prominent the text; the more important the text to the meaning of the map). (2) a practical reason: the small-printed (cursive) textual references in the map are manifold and printed in such a high density that I could not possibly trace them all. Almost all the capitalized text on this map seems to refer to toponyms (place or region names, rivers, oceans) or to the names of native American tribes (e.g. Matouwacs, Nahicans, etc.)