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Subject: MAPS-L: New Orleans evacuation map from 1958
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005
From: Angie Cope, AGSL <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>


I guess I should include some information about the map ...

the catalog record

New Orleans metropolitan area basic evacuation plan / copyright ... by
H. M. Goushá Co.
Chicago, [Ill.] ; San Jose, [Calif.] : H. M. Goushá Co., c1958.
1 map : col. ; 43 x 65 cm.
Scale [ca. 1:40,000]. 1 in. = approx. .6 miles.

Oriented with north toward the upper right. Shows evacuation routes and
direction of traffic movement.  Text, including evacuation information
and instructions, on verso.     "... Robert V. Maraist, Director, New
Orleans Civil Defense ... Harold R. Ravain, Director, St. Bernard Parish
Civil Defense ..." "12-FF-771-S."

Subjects:
Evacuation of civilians--Louisiana--New Orleans Metropolitan Area--Maps.
Civil defense--Louisiana--New Orleans Metropolitan Area--Maps.
Streets--Louisiana--New Orleans Metropolitan Area--Maps.
New Orleans Metropolitan Area (La.)--Maps.
Additional Author(s):   New Orleans (La.). Civil Defense.



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RE MAPS-L: New Orleans evacuation map from 1958
DA Tues, Oct 4, 2005
FR Angie
TO Maps-L

 From the UW Milwaukee Libraries blog ... includes small image of map ...


http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/whatsnew/


Libraries Uncover New Orleans Evacuation Map

UWM Libraries staff member Kelly Leu made a surprising discovery last
week while working on the American Geographical Society Library's
recataloging project: she found a 1958 evacuation map of New Orleans,
with evacuation routes and warnings such as “Do not stop on road. There
will be thousands behind you trying to get away.” The New Orleans map
and others of the city, and of Louisiana and Mississippi, are now on
display in AGSL.



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