Life magazine 1.09.39 and sattelite pictures?

TIT 5 | 208

21 Feb 2010 / #1

https://books.google.com/books?id=zUEEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&hl=pl&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false

page 56, did they have sattelites back these days?

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ShawnH 8 | 1488

21 Feb 2010 / #2

did they have sattelites back these days?

My guess is really good artists / cartographers....

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This appears to be in History of Poland to me...

You have found an excellent edition of Life magazine.

marqoz - | 195

21 Feb 2010 / #3

Wonderful piece, indeed. Thanks TIT.

It's cartographers work, of course. I've seen this kind of shading the mountains from 30s and you can find some similarity in Austro-Hungarian crosshatching the mountains. But you're right it's excellent artistic quality.

But look! How fascinating it is - even Life guys didn't believe that drole de guerre is possible and the Western front will be the most peaceful place on earth till the spring 1940.

All these bombings expected and never made.