--- Begin Forwarded Message --- Date: Wed, 12 Aug 98 09:32:48 From: "Herbert, Francis" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Wall-map of c.1940 Sender: "Herbert, Francis" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Reply-To: "Herbert, Francis" <[log in to unmask]> Message-ID: <[log in to unmask]> 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) [log in to unmask] --- End Forwarded Message ---