Transit Maps: 1948

Historical Map: Proposed Mass Transit System, Milwaukee WI, 1948

October 27, 2020

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Milwaukee dreaming big in the last days of rail-based mass transit in that city. I can’t find many specifics about this plan, though I do know that the City was attempting to purchase the transit lines in Milwaukee from its private operators at the time, so this study may have something to do with that. On this map, the thin black lines represent local services, probably a mix of diesel bus, “trackless trolley” and streetcar […]

Historical Map: Pocket Diary with London Tube Map, 1948

July 30, 2014

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1948, diary, England, Europe, H.C. Beck, London, London Transport, London Underground, the Tube, tube map, United Kingdom

A lovely little black and white version of the Tube map at the front of a 1948 year diary. Drawn by H.C. Beck (see his name at the bottom left), it shows the central area of London only and is based off the 1946 version of the full map. By 1949, interchanges were being drawn with a white connector line between adjacent circles, rather than the separate circles seen here. Source: hollandfamilyarchives/Flickr