Name/Title
MapEntry/Object ID
1980.001.0188Description
1 tri-fold ; 8 1/2"h x 11"w
This map generally promotes fishing opportunities in southern Maryland. The map panels are on one side of the strip and text is on the other side. Four small photos were tucked in the map.
TEXT SIDE
Panel one: blank
Panel two: blank
Panel three: blank
Panel four: In a box 4 3/8"h x 3 1/4"w "Visit Point Lookout Fine surf bathing Good fishing Watch it grow to be The main water resort of Washington All city improvements, wide streets, and necessary restrictions Buy now and own a valuable waterfront lot" with name and address of the developer
Panel five: "Road maps season 1923" with list of nine maps available
Panel six: List of nineteen maps available
Panel seven: In a box 4 3/8"h x 3 1/4"w "What is the A.A.A.? ... What is the A.A.A. Doing? ... How the A.A.A. can benefit you ..."
Panel eight: Title panel for the map "Strip map Washington to Point Lookout, Rock Point, etc. and reverse published by American Automobile Association ... Price 20 cents copyright 1923 ..."
Map side: The Potomac River and its tributaries are shown by blue lines. The main roads are solid black lines. A few lesser roads are shown. The Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington railroad is shown, as is the Washington, Potomac, and Chesapeake line running from Brandywine to Mechanicsville. The entire route is 84.2 miles long.
Panel one: the route leaves from the A.A.A. headquarters at 18th and L streets, passes the White House and goes down Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol and beyond, crossing the Anacostia River on the 11th street bridge and goes toward Maryland on the Good Hope road.
Panel two: The DC/MD line is near the left edge of the panel. Silver Hill is shown and then the road heads to Camp Springs and Clinton. A lesser road to the west goes from Congress heights to Oxen [sic] Hill and Friendly.
Panel three: The lesser road ends in Fort Washington. The main road crosses Piscataway Creek , goes through Tom Brooke, and turns west to Mattawoman and Waldorf. At Tom Brooke, a lesser road heads east to Brandywine and the train tracks. Also at Tom Brooke, a lesser road heads west along Piscataway Creek to Marshall Hall, Pomonkey, and Pomfret, returning to the main road in La Plata. Beginning in Waldorf, there are two main roads, one to St. Mary's County and one to Rock Point.
Panel four: The St. Mary's County branch of the road runs from Beantown to Bryantown to Hughesville and Charlotte Hall. A branch runs from Hughesville to Benedict, where "fishing" is identified. A "Boys School" is noted in Charlotte Hall. The other main road goes from La Plata to Port Tobacco, Spring Hill, Bel Alton, and Lothair. Zekiah Swamp is identified as the feeder stream for the Wicomico River.
Panel five: The eastern main road runs from New Market to Mechanicsville to Morganza and Loveville. Another road leaves from Morganza west toward Clements. The western main road goes through Newburg and Wayside and Tompkinsville.
Panel six: The eastern main road passes through Leonardtown, where there is a hotel, Redgate and Chingville. The branch road from Morganza goes on through Dynard and Milestown to River Springs and Colton. Blackistone Island is shown. The western road ends at Rock Point, where "Fishing" is shown. A passenger ferry is shown from there to Colonial Beach, Va.
Panel seven: The eastern main road passes through Great Mills, Park Hall, St. Mary's, and St. Inigoes. A branch leaves Great Mills for Piney Point. St. George [sic] Island is shown.
Panel eight: The Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River are both identified. The road passes through Ridge, Scotland, passes the Confederate Monument and ends in Point Lookout. "Fishing" is identified.
"R.W.C." apparently drew the map; his initials are in the lower right corner of panel eight.Collection
Miscellaneous Donated Photographs CollectionPublication Details
Publisher
American Automobile AssociationPlace Published
* Untyped Place Published
Washington, D.C.Date Published
1923Publication Language
EnglishLocation
Container
Miscellaneous Donated Photographs Collection, Box 2Shelf
Rack 17, Shelf 2Rack
Rack 17Wall
North wallRoom
Archives 2Building
Tudor Hall