Tuesday, April 20, 2010
The Streets Of San Francisco
"Dollar Bin" has uploaded a beautiful high resolution scan of a 1925 San Francisco street map to Flickr. One of the reasons I enjoy Lovecraft's work so much is that it gives me an excuse to delve into the ephemera of the 20's and 30's. A map like this is a wonderful prop for a Mythos or Pulp fan, but it's a work of art in it's own right.
It is indeed a beautiful map, but I can't help but feel a little disappointed - I was expecting a picture of Karl Malden wrestling a deep one or something along those lines. :P
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ReplyDelete"Tonight, on the Streets of San Francisco....It Came From Beneath The Waves. A Quinn Martin Production."
Heh.
Excellent! A better scan than I can make of my own maps!
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