I don’t often peruse Etsy, but when I do, I generally find some interesting stuff. For example, I really sat up and took notice of the old maps and prints being sold in this store:
We offer authentic antique and vintage maps and prints- we do not sell modern reproductions. Hand-colored maps and engravings, etchings, photogravures, color chromolithographs… in such areas as animals, children, architecture, botanical, agricultural, religious, landscapes, historical, portrait more!! You will also find stereoviews, postcards, photographs, first issue stamps, and advertising, as well as many other interesting pieces of ephemera.
For example, I found this map — of North and South Dakota, before they were separated, but also including the southern (then only) bit of Manitoba, where I live:
If you click on the image to see it full-sized, you may (if you are keen-eyed and a Westmaniac like me) notice an error (or perhaps a change). The region north of Brandon is apparently named “Minnedosta” — but there’s no T in it these days. Frankly, I think it’s got a nice ring to it.
Peruse the maps and other vintage prints here.
Grant Hamilton
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