1924 Blackned Auto Road Map

On a previous post I had a photo of a map which I'd been sketching. This is the (mostly) finished version. It's a map of the fictional region of Blackned (named after Ned the black lab, not especially creative) done in the style of 1920s Rand McNally. I haven't hand-drawn maps in a long time so this was fun to do. Since I drew this I've bought a set of nicer pens (Sakura micron) to work with.

The region is like a combination of the Seattle area and central/southern Scotland. I didn't write in all the names of the towns because I don't have enough ideas for town names, haha.

Masterclass with a manual

1940  |  Erika M  |  936464/M

 

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Out-of-Doors

Commemorating spending an afternoon outside with polaroids and a typecast? Shows how much things have changed since I was growing up.

 

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It's been a while

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From the 1930s to the 1970s, the road map market was dominated by maps given out for free by gas stations and state/provincial governments. I've always preferred the officially released government maps, partly due to the fact that while oil companies produced an identical series of maps for each area covered with cartography by the same company, each state and province created its own maps and cartographic styles are much more varied.

For your enjoyment, here are some of my favorite official state/provincial road maps that I've gotten this year, in chronological order.

Every Day a Burial (1kd)

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Third blue look

1958 | Optima Elite 3 | 1026125

 

I just realized now, well after this was posted, that this is actually the fourth

blue-related typewriter in a row—I forgot about the Erika 42!

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