Resource for NLEs- Old Oil Company city street maps

[Pete_Pittock]

A friend will be copying a 1930 Shell street map of Portland OR which hangs in his office and will be checking with Houston to see if they have some copyrighted between 1930. and 1970.

[Bill_McBride]

When we left the airport here in Portland last week, we went south on 82nd Ave.  Right away I saw a sign identifying a business called "Alderwood" something or other.  That was the name of Macan's NLE course that's been called his best.   Does it show on your map?  I understand it was bulldozed when PDX was built. 

[Pete_Pittock]

Bill,
It should. I'll find out next week. Alderwood was basically east of CECC and Riverside and north of Broadmoor.

[Tiger_Bernhardt]

Peter would the fire insurance maps of the cities show the golf courses from that period.

[Pete_Pittock]

Tiger,
I don't know because I didn't know there were fire insurance maps.

[Tiger_Bernhardt]

Sanborne made some I used to look at. University and local libraries tend to have sets of them. They tend to focus on central developed parts of cities given commercial structures were their concern.

[Tim_Cronin]

I love old maps. They can be extremely helpful. eBay is a great source for them at reasonable prices.