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1950′s State Farm Road Atlas

February 12, 2011 @ 5:05 pm

Ward Jenkins painstakingly scanned and stitched together this massive State Farm Road Atlas from the 1950′s for the rest of us to enjoy in beautiful, illustrious detail. Think of this as a very simplified generalization of the entire US. [via]

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Things I bought on the road: half-gallon Mason jars

July 16, 2009 @ 2:29 pm

Also from Duke’s Lexington Antiques Center are these two beautiful Mason jars –one from Samco and the other from Atlas. They are both 1/2 gallon jars and they make wonderful desk accessories and coin jars (that’s what I’m using them … Continue reading →

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Design inspiration: Old New York County Atlases

October 9, 2008 @ 1:36 am

I’m falling in love with these vintage New York atlases from various counties in New York State. I’ve literally spent the last hour just browsing through them over at the NYPL Digital Gallery. If I had the money, I’d totally … Continue reading →

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