These are a few of my favorite...

Maps.

I wanted to write these down after pulling a big show-and-tell session on Monday, but I wasn't sure where to put the list so that I can find it at a later date.

So I will share it with you, loyad reader. Which brings up the question I received via email: if I can't see the map online, why did you bother to make a web page about it?

So apologies: you can't see these. It's a finding aid. A memetic device, if you will, so that I can find the physical artifacts again at a later date. Just like the nautical charts this reader was looking for.

G 6912 N6 H1 1986 G4 (tub): I have no idea what this is about (I spent several minutes trying to fathom it), but the graphic intensity and violent color scheme of its symbology makes one want to say: "With great responsibility comes great power."

G3701 E2 1953 S7: A brilliant proportional symbol map of rural vs. urban population of the US. A black dot represents 500 rural people, while circles of increasing radius show cities. You can even see a bit of the PLSS system in the Great Plains: just like you can on the 'Earth at Night' maps that NASA/USGS have put out in recent years.

G2701 C2 1964 A4: Not quite a relief map, this shows terrain divided into broad nominal categories. What is striking is bold black Hansi -ish shapes that denote the direction of ridgelines.