Friday Fave: Vintage Road Maps

My Friday Fave this week is vintage road maps.  I love vintage road maps!  I haven't had them in my shop in a long time, but yesterday I spent a little time scanning and researching these old maps.  I had forgotten how much I enjoy them.  The Florida map, above, is from 1966, and it looks so much like road maps that I remember from Florida vacations during my early childhood.   I loved to look at maps on road trips.   I love the picture of the old Sinclair gas station from the front of this map, too.  And the Sinclair dinosaur is pictured as well!

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This road map is from Atlanta.  It was given by DeKalb County Federal Savings and Loan in 1962.  The bank pictured is at 116 Clairemont Avenue, Decatur.   I love anything vintage Atlanta, so I researched this location.  I believe it is about where the Courtyard by Marriot (was Holiday Inn) is located in Decatur.  Pretty neat!

I hope to find more maps soon ... they are such a pleasure to work with and they bring back a lot of fun memories, too.  You'll find these maps at Birdhouse Books:  vintage road maps at Birdhouse Books.