Esso pictorial guide to Washington, D.C., and vicinity : 1942.
Esso Guide to Washington D.C. (1942) |
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| Date: | 1942 |
| Author: | Standard Oil Company of New Jersey |
| Dwnld: | Full Size (13.41mb) |
| Source: | Library of Congress |
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This map isn't part of any series, but we have other maps of Washington DC that you might want to check out.
Standard Oil guide map of Washington DC [gmap] in 1942.
For more map resources and imagery from this period in Washington DC's history, check out the The Historical Society of Washington, D.C.'s website.

















And notice how where the Pentagon is under construction it’s all blank as the Arlington Cantonment; can’t show military installations in wartime!
Did you notice that the Nazi flag is on there as the German Embassy?