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Cased maps, souvenirs, and collectibles, 1949-approximately 2000

 unspecified — Box: 67

Scope and Contents note

From the Sub-Series:

Includes two maps and one atlas produced in unusual formats. The mechanical strip map Carte Michelin: les grandes routes [de France], published in 1949 as sheet 9899, is mounted on rolling wooden dowels behind a clear viewing screen in a portable plastic case (18 x 31 x 5 cm), and was manufactured by "Auto-carte 'Bottari'". Another mechanical version of sheet 9899, published approximately 1950 without visible title or sheet number, is sectioned into moveable panels operated by ten numbered levers, all mounted behind two viewing screens on opposite sides of a portable plastic case measuring 34 x 19 x 2 cm, and was manufactured by "Cartes routières et aéronautiques Météore". An atlas of the Paris region published 1958, with paste-down cover title Carte au 200,000ème, is comprised of sectioned Michelin sheets 55, 56, 60, and 61, mounted and folded back-to-back with two sets of numbered index thumb tabs covering the western and eastern sections of the atlas, in cardboard covers and an artificial leather book jacket (26 x 14 cm); accompanied by atlas index map ("Atlas pratique BSGDG, montage et transformations 'Météore'") and instructions for use ("Meteore pratique transformation et montage").

Souvenirs and collectibles, most with the company trademark Bibendum, colloquially known as the Michelin Man, include metal lapel pins, round metal "visitor" badges, plastic necklace pendant, refrigerator magnet, "Post-it" sticky note pad, cigarette ashtray, empty plastic jacket for "Michelin maps of England, Scotland, and Wales", map scale measuring tool, felt marking pen, bottle opener with corkscrew, 11 postcards, a miniature dollhouse map of Scotland (sheet 401), adhesive stickers, automobile air freshener, and prepaid long distance telephone credit card.

Dates

  • Creation: 1949-approximately 2000

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The Michelin map collection is open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; 1 box at a time (Priority III).

Repository Details

Part of the The Newberry Library - Modern Manuscripts and Archives Repository

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