Heart on your sleeve; address on your hand

January 1st, 2008 at 06:54pm cicada

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Glove map of London, 1851, by George Shove. Printed map on leather.

Long before Googlemaps on an iPhone or handheld GPS devices, there was the very analog Victorian Glove Map. How cool is this?

via Mapping the Marvellous

Entry Filed under: Ephemera, Museum Lust

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  • 1. ectoplasmosis » Lon&hellip  |  January 2nd, 2008 at 7:10 am

    […] Heart on your sleeve; address on your hand [Bioephemera] : Mapping the Marvelous […]


  • 2. elizabeth  |  June 2nd, 2008 at 8:21 am

    Trying to find a poster and/or photo of London Glove Map - George Shove 1850.


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