Old City Map of Pacific Palisades, CA by Wambaugh, 1957: Sunset Blvd, Via de la Paz, Will Rogers SP, Rustic Cyn, SM Cyn art subject city The 'Hindoostan & Ceylon' map

The 'Hindoostan & Ceylon' map is not just a geographical representation

initially created to provide precise geographical information across the United Kingdom

Charleston’s harbor

and ornate borders

graceful record of infrastructure knitting a state to the continent and a continent to the sky

Old City Map of Pacific Palisades, CA by Wambaugh, 1957: Sunset Blvd, Via de la Paz, Will Rogers SP, Rustic Cyn, SM Cyn art subject city The 'Hindoostan & Ceylon' mapTitled Pacific Palisades, California, this 1957 city map by Franz L. Wambaughpublished by the Pacific Palisades Chamber of Commercecaptures a coastal Los Angeles community at a decisive mid century moment. Executed in the refined, fine line vernacular of promotional cartography, it sets out a clear, enticing portrait of a neighborhood where streets, schools, and civic amenities cohere around an ocean facing village identity. Sunset Boulevard cuts a