1950s world map
Vintage College World Map by Perthes Darmstadt, 1950s
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Map, World, Aviation, Pictorial, TWA World Routes, Print, c. 1950s
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The cartography is simple with only the arrival and departure cities labeled and marked by small black circles. The ocean is a monotone blue and the land is depicted in dusty brown, with mountain ranges illustrated. Various regional animals, plants, and landmarks are illustrated across the globe including a moose in North Canada, elephants in Africa, the Parthenon in Athens, and an oil rig in Saudi Arabia. The cartouche is a simple oval surrounded by a wreath. A compass rose is surrounded by two swimming dolphins and international time zones are indicated by a series a clock faces along the bottom portion of the map.
Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA) formed in 1930 as a merger between Western Air Express, an airline founded in 1925, and Transcontinental Air Transport, the first airline to offer coast-to-coast service, a combination of air and rail, in 1929. The latter was nicknamed the “Lindbergh Line” after Charles Lindbergh, who had become the company’s technical advisor following his famous trans-Atlantic solo flight in 1927. After the merger, TWA continued to use the slogan and featured it
Vintage World Map on Board, 1950s
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