Last week, we presented here a new weekly series of posts with examples of vintage information designs, including, charts, diagrams, maps and other visual goodies from decades – and centuries – ago. Although many were created around scientific subjects, you’ll see that the use of visual information was much more spread that you might imagine.
Here’s today’s selection:
The Solar System (1913)
(Via prof. Michael Stoll’s Flickr)
Old Age Rejuvenator Centrifuge (1935)
(Via Modern Mechanix)
Sarajevo before World War I (1905)
(Via First World War)
San Francisco Historical Creek Map (1890s)
(Via Oakland Museum of California)
Cellarius Harmonia Macrocosmica (1661)
(Via Wikimedia)
Occupation of Negroes and Whites in Georgia (1900)
(Via All my eyes)
Pendulum measuring (1718)
(Via BibliOdissey)
Be on guard (1921)
(Via Daily Mail)
And last week’s selection:
A Map of Physics (1939)
(Via Strange Maps)
China as the centre of the world (1602)
(Via the Daily Mail)
Depthscrapers defy Earthquakes (1931)
(Via Modern Mechanix)
A Chronological Chart of the Visions of Daniel and John (1842)
(Seen on Visual Complexity)
Munster’s Map of the World (1544)

(Via Florida History)
The World’s tallest buildings (1884)

(Via Retronaut)
The wonders within your head (1938)
(Via Paul Carrington’s Flickr)
Inside the Earth (1863)
(Via El Biblionata on Flickr.)
How whiskey is distilled (1942)
(Via Infographics Showcase)
London Underground tube map (1910)
(Found on Mike Yashworth’s Flickr)
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