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Downtown Houston [cartographic material]

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Accession

Date:

1999.

Reference:

1999-01181-3

BAN no.:

1999-01181-3

Type of material:

Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

159802

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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1999.

Place:

Montréal :

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Publisher:

Microsoie inc.,

Extent:

1 map.

Language of material:

English

Provenance:

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Microsoie inc

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General note:

Map on silk/Carte sur soie. Originally, maps on silk were used by the Allies in World War II. They were easy to hide, very light and weather resistant, but they allowed great precision of detail. This is why they were carried by pilots and men parachuted into enemy territory.

Source:

Private

Library of Congress class no.:

G4024.H68A9 1999.M5 H3
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