[HN Gopher] Map of California roads for cyclers (1895)
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       Map of California roads for cyclers (1895)
        
       Author : grajaganDev
       Score  : 26 points
       Date   : 2025-01-11 18:18 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.loc.gov)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.loc.gov)
        
       | supernova87a wrote:
       | If there's one thing to admire/observe about old advertisements
       | or documents like this (aside from the cycling-specific content),
       | it's how much in a previous age, people publicly put their names
       | behind the content and claims. Company names, schedules,
       | assertions of opinion/fact, signed with someone's actual name.
       | 
       | Not like some website where you hardly know what the name is
       | supposed to mean, or who in virtual land you're submitting
       | information and payment to.
        
       | glaucon wrote:
       | Interesting, I wonder what the red lettering (PH, FR, PL etc)
       | beside the red tracks indicate ? I wonder if it is some
       | indication of the nature of the road.
        
         | bryanlarsen wrote:
         | There's a legend in the upper right of the map.
         | good/fair/poor/very-poor level/rolling/hilly/mountainous
        
       | ChiefNotAClue wrote:
       | This is beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Especially the border
       | artwork-the level of detail in some of the sketches, the choice
       | to use plants to tie in the advertisements together. Definitely
       | from a different era.
        
       | brudgers wrote:
       | Related, California Cycleway
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Cycleway#:~:text=Th....
        
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