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From: "Virginia R. Hetrick, Ph.D." <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum Maps" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, August 22, 2009 12:15:22 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: Gousha oddity - help identify
Hi, Pat -
By a process of elimination, here's what I've arrived at:
a. It's probably not a "distribution or collection" facility map of any
sort. The locations are too scattered for that if they're related to
things like water treatment (which wasn't so big back then), electricity
generation (which wasn't very distributed back then), etc. and not
particularly related to where large populations are located.
b. It's probably not something like a mine or gravel pit map because
the distribution of the dots aren't like we'd expect for those kinds of
things
c. It's probably something related to farming in some way, I'm thinking
something like a product distributed by some vendor/manufacturer because
of the use of the term "territorial" in the cartouche. At first, I
thought maybe something like use of irrigation, but that wasn't so big
back in the 1930s either.
d. The interesting thing is that there are lots and lots of circles,
relatively few squares, and only one "homeplate" symbol on this corner
of the map.
So, my conclusion is that some variation on item c is the possibility.
Given that you folks are in Chicago, could it have been from a company
based in Chicago with a staffer who thought, "Well, gee whiz, why don't
we just give one of these to The Library because they might want to keep
stuff like this?" The question is what are the three different things.
Is it possible they are three different products of that company? It
doesn't seem like the "homeplate" stuff is very "popular", if that's the
appropriate term.
And, the numbers don't seem to be related to location or the type of
symbol. Looking along the top, 37, 75, 80, 108, 111, 114 would
constitute a mixed bag in terms of the symbols, so maybe the numbers
represent some kind of alphabetical order or other order.
That's what I've arrived at so far.
So, PLEASE let us know when you find out what it is, okay? Inquiring
minds want to know. ;~)
v
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From: "Patrick Morris" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask], "Discussion group for map history" <[log in to unmask]>, [log in to unmask]
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:18:27 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Gousha oddity
Gentle Readers,
Attached here is an image of a peculiar Gousha road map we've run across
at the Newberry Library, titled Official Territorial Road Map : Central
United States (Chicago : H.M. Gousha Co., [1939?]), plate no. M-8 at
bottom right.
The base map is printed in blue but overprinted in red with hundreds of
unidentified points in rural areas well off the road network. These
points are connected with radiating lines to numbers printed in the
margins within circle and square borders, but without a key to these
numbered sites, which are apparently NOT state parks.
Any ideas about what is being located would be much appreciated.
Thanks for your time, Pat Morris
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Patrick A. Morris
Map Cataloger and Reference Librarian
The Newberry Library
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Chicago, Illinois 60610-7324
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