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Kew

7 August 2019 Ollie Historic, Tourist

This decorative map, simply called “Kew”, was produced by Herry Perry of Vincent Brooks lithographers in 1929. It was part of a series of posters

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Children’s Map of London

7 December 2017 Ollie Historic

The Children’s Map of London (sometimes called the Children’s Pictorial Map of London) was drawn by Leslie Bullock and first published by Bartholomew in 1938,

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Christmas Map

6 December 2016 Ollie Events, Tube

Here’s a rather nice map combining the famously colourful and diagrammatic tube map with Christmas tree lights, to create an infographic, “The London Christmas Map”,

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The Bastion of Liberty – Excerpt

26 December 2014 Ollie Art

We featured Lee’s Bastion of Liberty map, a detailed portrait of London to remind the war-weary 1940s/50s public of the great city that they lived

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The Bastion of Liberty

28 November 2013 Ollie Art, Historic

This decorative map was published in or around 1946, as a commemorative keepsake for a weary city and a population that had just been through

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Wonderground Map

1 November 2013 Ollie Art, Historic

Above is a small part of the “Wonderground Map of London Town” – MacDonald Gill created this fantastic decorative map, which was commissioned to provide

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A Tube Map Inspired by Charles Rennie Mackintosh

6 August 2012 Ollie Art, Tube

Above is an extract from a map of the London Underground, drawn by Max Roberts in the style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh – with sets

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Mind the Map: A Map by Macdonald Gill

22 June 2012 Ollie Art, Historic

This is an extract of a map produced in 1928 for London Transport by Macdonald Gill. He produced many maps in this “flowery” style, including

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Stamen Design’s Watercolour Map

2 April 2012 Ollie Art, Data

Stamen Design are a bespoke design and technology company based in San Francisco. They have a reputation for creating wonderful looking maps, often with OpenStreetMap

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