Vintage 1951 New York City Road Map – Std. Oil of New Jersey (Esso)

Description: This 1951 New York City and Vicinity road map was issued by the Standard Oil of New Jersey Company (Esso). The map was published by the General Drafting Map Company and came from their archives. This map is in excellent original condition as shown in the photo. The writing on the top of the cover “6/5/51” was put there by the General Drafting Company since this map is from their archival files. I bought part of this archival collection about 6 years ago and the rest of it recently. I saw some on eBay and bought them. The seller then explained that she had a few more boxes of these from the General Drafting archives and I was able to buy the lot. Her husband and another guy were in charge of donating the maps to the Newberry Library when their company bought General Drafting. One pallet of maps would not fit into the two semi-trucks filled with the maps. They made several attempts to contact the library to make alternative arrangement for shipping the maps but got no response. So they split them up and took them home. She told the other guy of my interest in these maps and he recently contacted me and I was able to buy them also. There is a variety of maps and all are stored in dated envelopes with 1 or 2 maps in each. Most are stamped and/or dated on the cover, but a few are not. Over the next few years, I will be offering many of these here on eBay.Shipping within the United States will be by First Class Postage. If you purchase multiple items, you can use the cart and request an invoice with updated shipping charges (works with some browsers only!!!). If not, I refund all excess postage paid through eBay. Please contact me if you have any specific questions about this item. Check out my other auctions for additional maps. I also have many listed in my eBay store “Vintage Maps and More”.

Price: 12.99 USD

Location: Cambridge, Minnesota

End Time: 2023-12-19T16:02:18.000Z

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