About Old Highway Road Maps...from Gas Stations???

[Stuart G]

From the 70s and 80s...are they worth anything...
I am about to toss them.. but wanted to ask...I am sure someone knows.
I suspect that these are totally worthless....
thanks..............Stuart

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. Not totally worthless, but

There're a ton of road maps from those years still around; cartophiles (like me) hung onto 'em.

You can check eBay, but I'd wager you'd be lucky to get a buck each, and that's if they're in very good condition.

[LeftinOH]

2. Use them as giftwrap (although some recipients may not appreciate the gesture)

- or, paste them onto the inside walls of a utility shed, etc - they're colorful! Use fragments of the maps as decorative edging in picture frames or scrapbooks (especially for those pictures from vacations and road trips).

[datasuspect]

3. they would be worth something to me

i collect highway ephemera

[Stuart G]

4. Sorry...what is this word..."ephemera" ?

Brand new word to me....????