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Date: Wed, 12 Aug 98 09:32:48
From: "Herbert, Francis" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Wall-map of c.1940
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     Define what is meant (in the patron's) mind by "wall map": in my view
     this is most likely to be a multi-sheet map (with or without attached
     rollers, and with or without varnish).  Which cuts out virtually all
     National Geographic Society maps.  Original wall-maps of this vintage
     are not easy to come by in used anything stores; we may, with all due
     care and on a case-by-case basis, loan out such items to film, tv, and
     theatre companies - for a fee.  Alternatively, a 'props' free-lancer
     we know will take away a large-format (A0) xerox of an original from
     our map collection and get it joined and colored up sufficiently well
     to masquerade as part of a set.  Was the patron's intention/purpose
     ever stated on this List?  Apart from size, what was expressed as
     regards language, relief representation (if any), etc.?
 
     Sincerely
     Francis Herbert (Curator of Maps, RGS, London)
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