‘Miscellaneous Vintage Surveying Ephemera’: was generally produced to have a short life span & among other things, can include related ads, instrument manuals, atlases, maps, photos, prints & post cards, etc.. Collectors or researchers often find these items very informative from an historic perspective or source it to bring lost knowledge to light ……. other times it’s simply fascinating to look at ‘through the lens of time’ or be amazed that such a fragile piece of history has survived the ravages of time. ……. The below listings for ”instrument manuals” will typically show the covers & a sampling of the interior pages (if you have a specific question about something that may be in the manual, but not on the listed sample pages, please email your question to me & I’ll do my best to answer your query in a reasonably timely fashion).
…….. I own a relatively small number of original “vintage surveying related ads”, but in the interest of sharing knowledge or adding context to items shown in this website, I’ve included copies of many of the vintage ads or other bits of Miscellaneous Ephemera I’ve copied from “open” sources for my own research & interest purposes ……… Where the ads etc. shown in this section aren’t originals from my collection, I’ve tried to ensure they are suitably accredited or just note that they are just a “copy”. My apologies if I missed some of these acknowledgements (I simply wasn’t great at documenting my sources of these for many years, but I’m now getting more diligent about these important acknowledgements).
……. I’ve only recently started populating this web site with vintage surveying items from my personal collection & the “Ephemera” listed below are just a start (there’s lots more to be added regularly). Please feel free to email me with any questions or comments related to any of my website’s content (If I have gotten an identification or description incorrect, I always welcome thoughtful corrections).
………… Just “left-click” on any image to expand it for better viewing & then “left-click” on the arrows at the right or left side of the expanded image to scroll (in order) down or up (respectively) through the list of images:
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