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KPCC’s AirTalk<\/em> has a nostalgic look at the Thomas Guide<\/a>, which at one point was to Los Angeles what the Gazetteer<\/em> is to Maine or the Sherlock map is to Winnipeg. [Kottke<\/a>\/WMS<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KPCC’s AirTalk has a nostalgic look at the Thomas Guide, which at one point was to Los Angeles what the Gazetteer is to Maine or the Sherlock map is to Winnipeg. 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