100 Years Ago: October 1922 - National Geographic's Collectors Corner2024-03-29T15:38:39Zhttps://ngscollectors.ning.com/forum/topics/100-years-ago-october-1922?commentId=1029239%3AComment%3A278786&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noTom,
Thanks for the feedback!…tag:ngscollectors.ning.com,2022-10-06:1029239:Comment:2790252022-10-06T19:50:10.832ZMelvin L. De Vilbisshttps://ngscollectors.ning.com/profile/MelvinLDeVilbiss
<p>Tom,</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback!</p>
<p>As for being in our neck of the woods - I'm playing catch-up with the yard as I've spent the better part of this past month with my mother in Oklahoma. She's alone since my brother and father passed away last September.</p>
<p>So - give me a call and bring the family over - pool's open and there's fish in the pond - I'll take any excuse I can to get out of yard work!</p>
<p>Also, yours in collecting!</p>
<p>Mel</p>
<p>Tom,</p>
<p>Thanks for the feedback!</p>
<p>As for being in our neck of the woods - I'm playing catch-up with the yard as I've spent the better part of this past month with my mother in Oklahoma. She's alone since my brother and father passed away last September.</p>
<p>So - give me a call and bring the family over - pool's open and there's fish in the pond - I'll take any excuse I can to get out of yard work!</p>
<p>Also, yours in collecting!</p>
<p>Mel</p> Mel,
Long time, no speak. Th…tag:ngscollectors.ning.com,2022-10-06:1029239:Comment:2788442022-10-06T16:39:57.203ZGeorge Thomas Wilsonhttps://ngscollectors.ning.com/profile/GeorgeThomasWilson
<p>Mel,</p>
<p>Long time, no speak. The exact quote from the October 1922 issue, page 448, is as follows:</p>
<p>"One of the most interesting features of the New Map of Africa compared with that published by The Society several years ago is the remarkable development of the continent's railways. The lines under construction are being completed so rapidly that on <strong>two occasions</strong> during publication of the Map, which required three months, it was found necessary to <strong>stop…</strong></p>
<p>Mel,</p>
<p>Long time, no speak. The exact quote from the October 1922 issue, page 448, is as follows:</p>
<p>"One of the most interesting features of the New Map of Africa compared with that published by The Society several years ago is the remarkable development of the continent's railways. The lines under construction are being completed so rapidly that on <strong>two occasions</strong> during publication of the Map, which required three months, it was found necessary to <strong>stop the presses</strong> and <strong>change the lines</strong> from "proposed" to "finished" railroads."</p>
<p>The Society makes it a point to say how expensive these productions are, so it is safe to assume that they didn't throw away the earlier batches, but just continued printing maps until they had met their quota.</p>
<p>The railroad lines that are finished are shown as solid black lines, where the proposed lines are dashed black lines, as shown on the "References" in the lower left corner. In the article about Egypt, they made references to a Cape Town to Cairo railway under construction. I plan to first examine the British held territories between those cities to see if any railway lines had been updated. Later, I will search the rest of the map.</p>
<p>BTW, I will be in your neck of the woods this weekend, it's my daughter's 40th birthday on Sunday, and we are going to surprise her.</p>
<p>Yours in collecting,</p>
<p>Tom</p> Tom,
I have three copies of t…tag:ngscollectors.ning.com,2022-10-06:1029239:Comment:2787862022-10-06T09:50:04.390ZMelvin L. De Vilbisshttps://ngscollectors.ning.com/profile/MelvinLDeVilbiss
<p>Tom,</p>
<p>I have three copies of this map; two appear to be exactly the same. The third shows a lighter detail in the "reference" section. Do you have any other hints as to what we should be looking for?</p>
<p>Mel</p>
<p>Tom,</p>
<p>I have three copies of this map; two appear to be exactly the same. The third shows a lighter detail in the "reference" section. Do you have any other hints as to what we should be looking for?</p>
<p>Mel</p> Thank you for this addendum,…tag:ngscollectors.ning.com,2022-10-01:1029239:Comment:2787552022-10-01T16:02:08.168ZGeorge Thomas Wilsonhttps://ngscollectors.ning.com/profile/GeorgeThomasWilson
<p>Thank you for this addendum, Scott. It is appreciated.</p>
<p>By the way, did you notice that the Society states that the presses were stopped twice to update the railway lines on the October 1922 Africa map. This implies that there are three versions of the map. I have two copies of the map myself, and plan to scour both to find any differences and then report my findings to the Maps & Supplements group. I would strongly suggest that anyone with multiple copies of said map to do the…</p>
<p>Thank you for this addendum, Scott. It is appreciated.</p>
<p>By the way, did you notice that the Society states that the presses were stopped twice to update the railway lines on the October 1922 Africa map. This implies that there are three versions of the map. I have two copies of the map myself, and plan to scour both to find any differences and then report my findings to the Maps & Supplements group. I would strongly suggest that anyone with multiple copies of said map to do the same, someone out there might have all three versions and not know it.</p>
<p>Yours in Collecting,</p>
<p>Tom</p> Tom,
This is one of my parti…tag:ngscollectors.ning.com,2022-10-01:1029239:Comment:2788232022-10-01T05:26:52.284ZScott T. Shierhttps://ngscollectors.ning.com/profile/ScottTShier
<p><strong><em>Tom,</em></strong></p>
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<p>This is one of my particularly favorite issues of NGM. Lots of interesting things (not always 'good') going on here . . . even more lurking just beneath the surface.</p>
<p>I love this map of Africa for some reason, perhaps because it captures a unique moment in time for the geo-political status of things, which would not last.</p>
<p>This issue coulda/shoulda been labeled on the cover as "<em>The African Number</em>". I suppose they did not want…</p>
<p><strong><em>Tom,</em></strong></p>
<p></p>
<p>This is one of my particularly favorite issues of NGM. Lots of interesting things (not always 'good') going on here . . . even more lurking just beneath the surface.</p>
<p>I love this map of Africa for some reason, perhaps because it captures a unique moment in time for the geo-political status of things, which would not last.</p>
<p>This issue coulda/shoulda been labeled on the cover as "<em>The African Number</em>". I suppose they did not want to use that moniker twice, since the March 1909 issue was in fact titled as such.</p>
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<p>This issue comprises <span style="text-decoration: underline;">1 of the 6</span> substantially '<em>all Africa' issues</em>. We have April 1889, March 1909, October 1922, June 1935, September 1960, and September 2005 (all as front cover billing & imagery, save for April 1889 due to its' plain cover format).</p>
<p>April 1889, June 1935, and September 1960 did have a smidge of non-Africa content, however. March 1909, June 1935, October 1922, and the September(s) 1960 + 2005 issues also included full Africa 'continent' map supplements.</p>
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<p>Keep up the great work on your monthly flashbacks Tom, always well-done and thorough! <span style="text-decoration: underline;">You have 7 more to go and you'll have reached 100</span> (May 1923).</p>
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<p><em><strong> - Scott</strong></em></p>
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