01/25/2017
IVE GOT A VERY RARE SET OF COPPER PLATES USED TO MAKE MAPS FOR THE AREA WEST OF COLUMBUS ROUGHLY COVERING AN AREA FROM MARYSVILLE SOUTH PLUMWOOD TO PLAIN CITY WEST TO IRWIN ETC,,,,,,DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1880 TO THE 1950'S THE USGS HAS ENRGAVERS MAKE MAP ENGRAVINGS ON SOLID COPPER PLATES THAT WERE THE PLATES USED TO MAKE EVERY SINGLE ,MAP MADE SURING THAT PERIOD OF THAT AREA,,,EACH MAP WAS MADE FROM 3 ENGRAVINGS,,ONE WAS USED TO INDICATEROADS,,BUILDINGS,,RAILROADS,,SCHOOLS,,CHURCHES ETC OF THE AREA WHEN IT WAS SURVEYED ,,IN THIS CASE 1914 ,,,THEY SHOWED UP AS BLACK INK ON THE MAP PAPER ,,THE SECOND PLATE WAS OF RIVERS AND WATERWAYS AND SHOWED UP AS BLUE CREEKS ETC ON THE SAME MAP,,THE LAST PLATE WAS USED TO SHOW TOPOGRAPHY FEATURES AND WAS DONE IN BROWN,,,
THESE PLATES ARE ONE OF A KIND,,THE USGS ONLY MADE ONE SET PER AREA ,,THEY HAVNT USED THEM IN YEARS SINCE GPS ETC HAS COME OUT AND SOLD THEM TO THE PUBLIC VIA FEDERAL GOV AUCTIONS OVER THE SUMMER,,I BOUGHT 7 SETS AND ONE WAS THESE,,,WHICH JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE BEST SET AS WELL,,THEY HAVE TONS OF DETAIL,,THEY SHOW THINGS LIKE WHAT IS NOW THE WOMANS PRISON IN MARYSVILLE AS IT WAS IN 1914 AND WHAT IT WAS CALLED "INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR WOMAN" ,,IT ALSO SHOWS SHOOLS EVEN NAMING SOME SUCH AS LOMBARD SCHOOL,BRADLEY SCHOOL,WILSON SCHOOL,MINOQUE SCHOOL AND MANY OTHERS,,,TOWNS SHOWN FROM 1914 INCLUDE MARYSVILLE,PLUMWOOD,IRWIN,ROSEDALE,RESACA,PLAIN CITY,AMITY,MILFORD CENTER ETC,,,THE PLATES MEASURE 17 IN X 21 IN AND WEIGH 37.5 POUNDS,,
THESE ARE PERFECT FOR MUSEUMS,,HISTORICAL SOCIETIES,,COURTHOUSES ,,TOWN HALLS,,ETC NOT TO MENTION AN ATTORNEYS OOFICE ,A DOCTORS ,,ACCOUNTANTS OR ANY OTHER BUSINESSMANS OFFICE,,OR A PRIVATE HOME,,LOOKED AT UNDER A MAGNIFYING GLASS ,MANY OF THE TOWNS SHOW ORIGINAL HOUSES AND BUSINESSES THAT WERE THERE IN 1914,,WOULDNT IT BE NICE TO HAVE AN ORGINAL GOV COPPER PLATE FROM WHICH EVERY MAP EVER MADE FROM THIS PERIOD SHOWING YOUR GRANDPARENTS HOUS EETC ON IT ?
THESE COPPER ENGRAVING SETS HAVE SOLD FOE OVER $20,000 IM SELLING THESE FOR $1999 AND PROVIDING A LINK TO MY EBAY SITE WHERE I HAVE THEM LISTED ,,THERE YOU CAN SEE MORE PCTURES AND BID WITH CONFIDENCE KNOWING ITS A SAFE SALE IM SELLING FROM BRICK AND MORTAR STORE LIBERTY PAWN IN BILOXI MS WHERE ILL SHIP THEM FROM
iVE GOT 6 OTHER SETS FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS,THE MOUNTAINS AREA NEAR MARION .BRISTOL,MOUND CITY LA,ETC,,U HAVE TO SEE THEM TO APPRECIATE THEM
