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Subject: RMMS Map Fair Sept. 19th & 20th Press Release
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:10:55 -0600
From: James Speed Hensinger <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps-L
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*The Rocky Mountain Map Society*
For Immediate Release
August 25, 2008
*Seventh Annual Rocky Mountain Antique Map Fair*
-- Denver Central Library on Friday and Saturday, September 19th & 20th. --
Denver -- On Friday and Saturday, September 19th & 20th, 2008, the Rocky
Mountain Map Society will host the Eighth Annual Rocky Mountain Antique
Map Fair at the Denver Central Library, located at 13th Ave and
Broadway. On Friday the Fair is open to the public from 5 PM - 8 PM, and
on Saturday from 9 AM - 4 PM. There is a $5 admission fee.
Antique maps combine art, history, and mystery joined wonderfully
together. See thousands of maps from the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, and
20th centuries for sale. Some are very rare. All have stories to tell.
Prices range from $10 to over $30,000. See history graphically. Find
where your family originated. Indulge your travel fantasies. See
California as an island! Collect a piece of history.
The Rocky Mountain Antique Map Fair has an international appeal with a
local flavor. We strive for diversity among our dealers, and we plan to
have a wide variety of cartographic treasures available. More than 15
dealers from the United States and Europe are expected at this year's
Fair. Complimentary expert opinions will be offered to help assess the
value of maps brought by the public to the fair.
A unique thirty two inch diameter OmniGlobe®, will be on display. The
OmniGlobe®, invented and manufactured by ARC Science of Loveland
Colorado, is the first true 360º spherical 1080p full-motion digital
screen display Combining high performance digital projectors with ARC’s
proprietary optics, the system is surprisingly simple and visually
enthralling. It can display digital images as varied as dynamic global
weather patterns, seismic activity, a planet, or even digitized antique
maps. (www.arcscience.com)
In conjunction with the Map Fair, Tom Overton will present a free
lecture, “The Changing Face of Colorado: County Boundaries from
Statehood to the 20th Century” at 1 PM Saturday, September 20th in the
Gates Room of the Denver Central Library. Using original maps, he will
address the development of the counties in Colorado. The seventeen
original counties have been re-defined, re-named, and sub-divided into
the present sixty four. Original maps will be available for viewing.
The Map Fair is hosted in partnership with the Denver Public Library,
home to an outstanding collection of western maps, and the Rocky
Mountain Map Society. Visit the Society's Web site at
http://www.RMmaps.org <http://www.rmmaps.org/> for a list of dealers,
photographs of past map fairs and more information about this year’s Map
Fair.
Visit www.arcscience.com <http://www.arcscience.com> for more
information about ARC Science.
Please contact Myron West (farwesttc AT sisna.com
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 307-631-8599) for additional information
about the Map Fair.
The Rocky Mountain Map Society
1790 Hudson Street
Denver, CO 80220
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