1955 Mahn / Scenotour Pictorial Bird's-Eye View Map of Miami, Florida

This is a 1955 Don Mahn and Scenotour pictorial bird's-eye view of Miami and Miami Beach, Florida. Looking northwest over the cities from above the Atlantic Ocean, icons, drawn with the correct perspective, dot the landscape and mark schools, churches, hospitals, and libraries. Forty-five other locations are numerically identified and correspond with a key situated along the bottom border. A legend, surrounded by a pictorial border, explains all the icons present and lists nearly a dozen local radio stations. In a charming addition, it also includes a diagram of how to 'properly' fold the map.

Publication History and Census

This map was drawn by Don Mahn and published by the Scenotour Publishing Company of Miami, Florida in 1955. The only known institutional example is part of the Touchton Map Library at the Tampa Bay History Center.