wanderlust

Los Angeles Public Library receives tens of thousands of maps belonging to the late adventurer John Feathers.  Accidentally discovered, this October acquisition makes the library one of the nation's top five map archives.  Mr. Feathers' wide-ranging trove includes "run-of-the-mill" gas station and Chamber of Commerce street maps, as well as "historic gems" from 1592, oddities like a 1918 official paved road guide to the United States, a 1956 Lubbock Texas pictorial map, a 1942 street guide to Los Angeles, and a pre-World War I guide to London and other suburbs, and showing streets, parks, lakes, and rivers.  Photostream here.