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Subject:        Fw: old map making technology?
Date:   Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:41:39 -0800
From:   Kirk Fullmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Ernst,
My company does this kind of mounting and remounting or repair mounting
of these types of maps.  We still sell the larger and linen backing type
maps from one of our German map partners.  Contact my office off list and
we should be able to help you with either remounting of your map or
repair.  Along with replacement hardware to fix the pull-down system if
needed.
Thanks,

Kirk Fullmer
Educational Maps & Globes, LLC
888-310-7898
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:13:35 -0600
Subject: old map making technology?

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Subject:        old map making technology?
Date:   Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:48:29 -0800
From:   Ernest H. Stegeman <[log in to unmask]>
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Dear People,
     I am wanting to mount a map using a cloth backing as was done in
years past. I have a 1962 Denoyer-Geppert school display map of Africa as
an example. It has cloth backing and is glued to a wooden spring roller
at the top. At the bottom the backing cloth extends downward 7-8" and, it
and the bottom 1/2" of map is fronted by an impregnated cover cloth
(perhaps "oilcloth"). The very bottom of this layered cloth is sandwiched
between the halves of a 3/4" wooden dowel (with pull ring).

     Can you tell me:
(1) what kind of glue was used?
(2) what king of cloth was used, especially the bottom front?
(3) where I might find more information about this older map mounting
technology?
Sincerely,
Ernest