FREE MAPS!

[melannen]

Offer good until 1:00 only (2.5 hours from now!):

The library has three tables *covered* with old maps they're giving away, everything from just-barely-out-of-date aeronautical charts for the whole US to a 1967 US Army Corps of Engineers 1967 Middle East Breifing Map.

If there's any kind of old maps you want, leave a comment and I'll look for them and even mail them too you free!

Because, MAPS!

(...so not helping my WWI obsession right now.)

ETA: Okay, time's up, I have class. Also my backpack's getting full. I'll put a list up of everything I snarfed and let people who haven't already claim it later tonight. Leftovers become wrapping paper.

Comments

[stellar-dust.livejournal.com]

Ooooooooo. Old maps of European countries? Or US states from before cars? Or anything that's REALLY old. Or copies of such.

But they're probably only giving away stuff from the past few decades, so eh. Whatever. Grab whatever's cool!

[melannen.livejournal.com]

That's so terribly helpful!

I could probably get you touring maps from the 50s-60s of every country in Europe, some of them in languages I don't even recognize. There doesn't seem to be anything much older than that, though.

[stellar-dust.livejournal.com]

Maps in French or Russian (or English, I guess) would be neat!

[melannen.livejournal.com]

Hooray, there's your Christmas present taken care of! :P

[stellar-dust.livejournal.com]

And if they have any kind of cultural/archaeological maps, with important sites marked PROMINENTLY, that would be .. really cool.

[antiscian.livejournal.com]

Ohmygod. If you're serious about this mailing thing, anything aeronautical and/or old would be awesome.

...do they have any of those Cold War-era maps of Russia?

[melannen.livejournal.com]

Yes, at least a couple Russia ones, I think. And yes.

"Anything aeronautical" - they seriously have 2005 FAA low-altitude aeronautical charts of *every quadrangle in the US* and some non-us. Narrow it down a bit. maybe? WAnt something local?

[antiscian.livejournal.com]

Any quadrangles of New York or New Orleans? (Pre-Katrina, obviously.)

Dammit, now I regret transferring. Maps are dead sexy.

[melannen.livejournal.com]

Okay, grabbed some New York and New Orleans and some Russia for you!

[xerahanadu.livejournal.com]

wow, that sounds amazing. I would LOVE to do up a room in maps... but the last thing i have room for is more paper. So i must sadly let this golden opportunity roll by.

BUT next time i come by your home, i wanna see what you picked up for you! (that's true for Stellar's map collection too.) :D

[melannen.livejournal.com]

They recommend using them for wrapping paper. Which kind of hurts my heart, but when I get home and discover *just* how many I have ...yeah, not like I need more papers either.

JOB.

[stellar-dust.livejournal.com]

Sarah's library is hiring! You should go here (http://www.pgcmls.info/Lib/Employment.html). She says you would be "Library Associate 1." And they like people with computer skills. And email her if you have questions.

The job fair is FRIDAY (two days from now) in HYATTSVILLE. You should go get a job!!!one!