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HERE'S AN EARLY HUNGARIAN MAP FROM 1934:



THANK YOU!

HERE IS THE LAST OF THE 1933 TRI-FOLD MAPS. SHOWING TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS HERE:



AND INFORMATION ABOUT CHICAGO'S CENTURY OF PROGRESS INSIDE THAT MAP:



THANKS!!!

SEEMS AFTER THE MID-30'S SHELLS ROAD MAPS GOT TO BE A TAD BORING.
THEY DIDN'T UTILIZE THE BACK COVER TO ADVERTISE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. IN MOST ALL CASES THE BACK COVER WAS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS THE FRONT.

TAKE A LOOK!....



THIS IS IN BOOKLET FORM:


THANKS!

HERE ARE 3 - DIFFERENT 1938 SHELL ROAD MAPS. COVERS NOT DATED. AT THIS POINT IN TIME ALMOST EVERY MAP HAD SOME KIND OF DATING USUALLY IN VERY SMALL PRINT ON THE BORDER OF THE MAP INSIDE.



AND THIS SHOWS THE LAST SHELL MAPS HAVING ANY FANCY GRAPHICS.
THIS IS THE BORDER OF THE MILEAGE CHART....SHOWING A SPEEDING CAR AND A SPEEDOMETER....NICE!!



THANKS!

SINCE THIS IS THE LAST DAY FOR M.O.T.M. #7 - I WILL NOW PUT A MAP ...ER, I MEAN CAP ON IT!

HERE IS A ONE AND ONLY MAP FROM MY OWN COLLECTION DATING FROM 1941. AGAIN, THE FRONT AND BACK COVERS ARE IDENTICAL AND NO ADDITIONAL ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THESE MAPS HERE AND ANYTIME AFTER.

SHELL MAPS STARTED OFF AS GRAPHIC BEAUTIES AND END UP BORING AND GENERIC...I WONDER WHY?



THANKS!

SHELL'S ROAD MAPS PRETTY MUCH LOOKED THE SAME FROM THE LATE 40'S INTO THE LATE 50'S WITH ONLY SUBTLE CHANGES HERE AND THERE THAT ARE PRETTY MUCH OBVIOUS IN THE EXAMPLES BELOW.....







THANK YOU!


[This message has been edited by THE AMERICAN GARAGE (edited 07-18-2005).]

AS MOST ROAD MAPS BY ANY OIL COMPANY - THEY PRETTY MUCH WENT FROM GRAPHICS IN THE EARLIER YEARS WITH ARTWORK TO PHOTOGRAPHIC HIGHLIGHTS FROM A CERATIN STATE, CITY OR AREA OF COURSE FOR HISTORIC AND VACATIONING ATTRACTIONS....








THANK YA VERY MUCH!

AND IN THE 70'S WE SEE THE RETURN OF ARTWORK...SORTA SPLASHY THIS TIME. I THINK IN THE 80'S MAPS WERE NO LONGER "FREEBIES" AND A NOMINAL FEE OF 25¢ WAS TYPICAL TO PAY TO KNOW HOW TO GO!



I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE COMING BY AND SHOWING AN INTEREST AND TO THOSE HELPING AND POSTING THEIR OWN MAPS IN THIS PAST MONTHS M.O.T.M. FEATURE #7!

DOC @ THE AMERICAN GARAGES
YOUR "MAP OF THE MONTH" HOST!