A time capsule in more ways than one, a 1955 map features dozens of Santas cavorting all over the world. This 1950s Santa map is packed with fun details and dated cultural assumptions. Reprinted with ...

Imagine if you could see a map of the city around you based on the photos that best represent the area. That’s the concept of Streetography, a brand new photography app for iOS launched this week. The ...

New York City has always attracted mapmakers. Its instantly recognizable street grid, intensely diverse populace, and iconic, ever-changing skyline have provided endless inspiration for cartographers ...

Pictorial plans of fairgrounds, not to scale. Cover title; imprint from back cover. On front cover: [Copyright symbol] N.Y.W.F. Laid out as 8 p. with 5 double page ...

Back in stock! Ephemera Press' popular Pictorial Map of the Harlem Renaissance is now available in its second printing. Carefully researched by a team of scholars, the map features the homes of Harlem ...

We reached out to the NYPL for more on this particular map, and Kate Cordes, the manager of their Map Division, sure did deliver. This 1926 map is a typical, and excellent, example of what we'd called ...

New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.) New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.) On verso, map showing The approaches to the fair, scale [ca. 1:37 600] -- 1 inset map of The world ...

Pictorial map of the porcelain pagoda (or stupa) of the Pao-en-szu of Nanking.; ; In Chinese, the pagoda was called Bao'ensi, the 'Temple of Gratitude.' The Europeans called it the 'Porcelain Tower' ...

The Vault is Slate’s history blog. Like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @slatevault, and find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. This 1936 pictorial map of ...