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Texas Highway Planning Map[edit]

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Reason
Kind of an unusual image, this is a large and high-quality scan of a highway planning map. Usually, these things are drawn up by state highway departments, who rarely release them and when they do, it's under a strict copyright. This one is made by the Civilian Conservation Corps, so its PD, and it provides a great glimpse into road planning. It shows the right-of-way, distances, and all sorts of measurements that I have no clue what they represent, among other things.
Articles in which this image appears
Transportation planning, Civilian Conservation Corps, Longhorn Cavern State Park
FP category for this image
Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
Drawn by C.T. Fohl, uploaded and minor restorations (removed a hole and a few stray pencil marks) made by Awardgive
  • Support as nominator --Awardgive. Help out with Project Fillmore County 23:50, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I think the markings are mostly noting road curvatures as parts of circles: radius, angle of arc, and so on, to attempt to give the exact details of the road curves. Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:59, 8 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment Looks very blue-tinted to me. --Paul_012 (talk) 18:34, 9 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    • It's clearly just the colour of paper used (look around the edges, where the fading makes it more obvious that it's just coloured paper. ). I presume it has some significance, though I couldn't say what. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:39, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      • Why is the background also blue, though? Paul_012 (talk) 14:50, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        • That's a good question. Let's see what happens when we adjust that to white. Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:33, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
          • Somewhat more faded-looking blue paper. Crisco 1492, you want to have a look at this one? Adam Cuerden (talk) 16:48, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
            • I've added an alt, warmed in Lightroom. I agree that this blue is an issue (which is why I've been avoiding this nom). The light blue is completely plain, suggesting it's not paper (to me, at least). — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:28, 14 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
              • @Crisco 1492: I can far more believe blue paper than green ink, frankly. And, while I could easily believe the image was too blue, I can't for a moment believe that a group would scan an image, make it completely blue when it wasn't, and not see a problem. Colour coding by paper is done. A "pink slip" for instance, or when using carbon paper to make copies, different colours get used to show which goes to who (often white, pink, yellow). I have seen cards of blue paper before used for various purposes, and I don't think the Alt is likely to be true. Adam Cuerden (talk) 18:35, 15 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]
                • Adam Cuerden, I've uploaded a different color edit over my old one. The ink looks black to me now, the background is white (ish). I agree that blue paper is relatively common, and used, but that background gives me pause. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:22, 16 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Armbrust The Homunculus 00:30, 18 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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