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Exploring a Metro Map Done with Braille – What Date is This?

Explore a Metro map done with braille and discover its date. This map stops at Silver Spring, so it's some time before 1990, when Forest Glen was built. Find out more in this blog post.
Alexandria, VA as seen from the air in 1919
The Pig at 1320 14th St. NW (foodnomad.net)
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This is a map of Metro done with braille. I’m not sure what the date it on this, but since the Red Line stops at Silver Spring (why is it named Silver Spring?), it’s some time before 1990, when Forest Glen was built.

J.W. Wiedel. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail System. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education, n.d. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress (015.00.00)
J.W. Wiedel. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metrorail System. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education, n.d. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress (015.00.00)

Source: Library of Congress

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