Living History: The John Feathers Map Collection
An unknown collector named John Feathers had recently passed away at the house without bequeathing the maps, which included rare and well-preserved first editions of Renie guides, Gillespie guides, and Thomas Brothers guides. Living History: The John Feathers Map Collection - YouTube
"Living History: The John Feathers Map Collection" is the the story of an extraordinary hidden treasure and a glimpse into the reclusive soul that protected it for years. Living History: The John Feathers Map Collection - Bunk The story begins with Glen Creason, Map Librarian at Los Angeles Central Library and author of Los Angeles in Maps, who recounts his experience in October 2012 when a real estate agent rang him about a soon-to-be-demolished house in Mt. Washington that was "full of maps". Thinking he'd find a box of National Geographics at best, Creason.Los Angeles Central Library - Wikipedia An unknown collector named John Feathers had recently passed away at the house without bequeathing the maps, which included rare and well-preserved first editions of Renie guides, Gillespie guides.The Story of the Incredible Mt. Washington Map Trove That ... Shown are some of the thousands of maps from the collection found in the former Mount Washington home of John Feathers, who died in February. The maps are being donated to the Los Angeles Public. Los Angeles Central Library - Wikiwand
John E. Feathers, right, who died in February, left behind a vast map collection that will be donated to the Los Angeles Public Library. Here, he is shown with his father, John. The Feathers Legacy the Mornings After – Western Association ...
Shown are some of the thousands of maps from the collection found in the former Mount Washington home of John Feathers, who died in February. The maps are being donated to the Los Angeles. 'He lived and breathed maps': Parents grateful son will be ...
To refresh somewhat: John Feathers was an obsessive map collector who died unexpectedly and left behind a house in Mt. Washington, in Northeast Los Angeles County, where his collection had been stored, overwhelming the less than a thousand-square-foot cottage. The John Feathers Map Collection: How the Los Angeles Public ...
Star Four: Former resident of said home in Mount Washington was one John Feathers, one of the most extraordinary private map collectors in the country, who was promised by his former partner.
To refresh somewhat: John Feathers was an obsessive map collector who died unexpectedly and left behind a house in Mt. Washington, in Northeast Los Angeles County, where his collection had been stored, overwhelming the less than a thousand-square-foot cottage.
Doubling 100 years of collecting overnight, the John Feathers collection was astonishing for its diversity, depth and quality of the maps; Creason walks us. This is one of the mint condition Renie guides in Feathers’s collection (it was protected in plastic), and after Feathers's death, I became the first person with the privilege of turning its.
“It’s almost like he wanted to collect every map ever made”
A new short documentary from filmmaker Alec Ernest and the LA Review of Books tells the captivating story of late map lover John Feathers, whose square-foot cottage in Mt. Washington was. John David Feathers (abt. 1730 - 1791) - WikiTree
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