John Horrigan Antique Maps

Doing #history or #genealogy in #Alberta, #Saskatchewan, or #Manitoba? These 'New Series' #WesternCanada Sectional #Maps are a great resource at 3 miles to the inch. Series runs 1902 - 1955 though most start around 1916.
Courtesy SANDS @ U of Calgary.
#AntiqueMaps

Rare Dambusters map set to soar at auction - Hansons Auctioneers A map used in the legendary WWII Dambusters raid is set to fetch up to £1,000 at Hansons’ militaria sale on November 12 — a rare link to one of history’s most daring missions.

Rare bomb aimer's #map from the #dambusters raid sold today for £2600!
#antiquemaps #WW2 #WWII #RAF #617Squadron
#BomberCommand

#Montreal "Star War Map, c. 1918.
Map of the #WesternFront surrounded by 41 #CEF regimental insignia with 4 'valour' medals in the corners. 12miles = 1"
#Maps #Antiquemaps #WW1 #FWW #LestWeForget #Remembrance #PPCLI

Yesterday in History:
Nov. 9, 1989 The #BerlinWall fell. Collapsed? Something about the passive tense makes it all sound like shoddy Soviet construction so we'll go with 'was toppled.'
#maps #Antiquemaps #exclave #ColdWar

The reverse of the Westinghouse Pacific map.
Turner's maps were largely intended for a Canadian audience and tend to focus more on the #Commonwealth than US #maps. Shown here are Japanese advances into #Indonesia, NE #China, and #Burma.
#antiquemaps #WW2 #WWII #remembrance #history

_Westinghouse Strategic Pacific War Map._ by Stanley Turner. Toronto: [Apr] 1942.
Latest event in Ceylon, Apr 5 and while Bataan would fall on the 9th, Corregidor held out until May 6.
#maps #antiquemaps #WW2 #WWII #remembrance

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Rand McNally, March 1939.
Europe on the eve of #WW2. Current #borders in colour with pre- #WW1 borders in purple. France occupies the #Rhine; #Bohemia, #Moravia, & #Slovakia in red as part of Greater Germany. Many disputed or recently 'transferred' areas.
#antiquemap #maps #remembrance

1927 Mixer's strip map - #Philadelphia to #NiagraFalls
Sponsored by the Robert Morris Hotel, it boasts "a #radio in every room." #roadmaps #antiquemaps #maps

My new phrase of the week:
Temper Tantrump.
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Thanks! I'll post more in the lead-up to Remembrance Day.

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Did the British even fight the Austrians?

I'm over 60 and have an English degree but I still giggle whenever I see or hear 'peninsular'.

Henderson's #Edmonton Directory, 1945.
Front cover.
#ABHealth #ABpoli

If Kenney lost power in any of those countries in the spectacular way he did in Alberta, he'd probably be in a hole in the desert today.

Nice work, but you're never going to get that to light. 😁

Watching a video about Jupiter's core when the ADHD kicked in and now the OCD won't let go...

Assuming we lack any handy magnetite samples is there any indication that #exoplanets undergo geomagnetic reversal?
#planetsci

I'd bet there are a *lot* of Syrians who would love to help kill Russians. Maybe in exchange for a few shiploads of grain.

Centuries-old map returned to Mexico after librarian’s discovery The map is one of thousands of archaeological and cultural items reclaimed by Mexico in recent years

#Maps #antiquemaps #Mexico #NewMexico

STUART!

YouTube video by RedGreenTV Repair Shop "Edgar's Furniture"

#GrahamGreene will live on in our memories as explosives and demolition expert, Edgar Montrose.
Greene's sincerity, deadpan delivery, and perfect timing made him one of the great 🇨🇦 comedians. #RIP
Quando omni flunkus moritarti

Large folio plate from Hamilton's _Antiquities..._, 3 vol., 1801 - 1806.
#greece #antiquities #roman #antiquemaps

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #edmonton

Little known fact: SRV couldn't really play and sing at the same time. Watch the videos. His brother, Jimmie Vaughn of The Fabulous Thunderbirds, told him he'd never get anywhere if he didn't sing. I think he said this in a Guitar Player interview.
Front & centre at Jubilee Auditorium, 1986.

Ever read _Moby Dick_? It just goes on and on and on with every fact known about whales: how they breed, how they feed, where they are... 88 chapters total.
I decided I would finish it, like Ahab, through sheer bloody-minded determination, even if it took me down with it.