Historical US Highway Map – National Geographic, Post-World War II
A historical US highway map from the pages of National Geographic Magazine, printed just after World War II. It shows the country’s road network a decade before the Interstate Highway System existed.
- Publisher: National Geographic Society.
- Original source: a supplement map issued with the July issue of National Geographic Magazine.
- Territory covered: the United States of America.
- Roads: all the major highways of the period are marked.
- Special inset: the proposed region where the United Nations would place its permanent home.
- Context: the UN site was still undecided at press time, before Manhattan was chosen.
- Style: classic National Geographic cartography with dense place-name detail.
- Scale and projection: not listed for this edition.
- Format: a reproduction, not an original. Map Shop scans the original at high resolution and prints a new copy.
- Condition: some aging marks may be kept for character, while some defects may be restored.
- Language: English.
- Finishing: paper, laminated, foam core mounted, railed, or framed, with black or walnut molding.

