{"id":1788381,"date":"2020-02-10T11:35:47","date_gmt":"2020-02-10T16:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1788381"},"modified":"2020-02-10T11:35:47","modified_gmt":"2020-02-10T16:35:47","slug":"how-1917-found-its-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/02\/how-1917-found-its-map\/","title":{"rendered":"How &#8216;1917&#8217; Found Its Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.cbc.ca\/i\/caffeine\/syndicate\/?mediaId=1694079043596\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/entertainment\/1917-canadian-contribution-1.5450608\">CBC News explores<\/a> how the production team for the First World War epic <em>1917<\/em> consulted <a href=\"https:\/\/library.mcmaster.ca\/wwi-trench-maps-aerial-photographs\">McMaster University\u2019s collection of trench maps and aerial photography<\/a> to produce an authentic replica of a situation map for the movie. The map they used, incidentally, is <a href=\"http:\/\/digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca\/islandora\/object\/macrepo%3A72918\">this one<\/a>, a situation map showing British and German troop positions around Monchy-le-Preux on 24 April 1917:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1788383\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1788383\" style=\"width: 840px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/digitalarchive.mcmaster.ca\/islandora\/object\/macrepo%3A72918\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1788383\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/02\/how-1917-found-its-map\/1917-map\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1917-map.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1800,1407\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1917-map\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;McMaster University Library Research Collections&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1917-map-300x235.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1917-map-1024x800.jpg\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1788383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1917-map-1024x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1917-map-1024x800.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1917-map-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1917-map-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1917-map-1536x1201.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1917-map-1200x938.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/1917-map.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1788383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">McMaster University Library Research Collections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBC News explores how the production team for the First World War epic 1917 consulted McMaster University\u2019s collection of trench maps and aerial photography to produce an authentic replica of a situation map for the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2020\/02\/how-1917-found-its-map\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,619],"tags":[1425,48,1029,505,796],"class_list":["post-1788381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-conflicts","category-movies-and-television","tag-1425","tag-libraries","tag-mcmaster","tag-world-war-i","tag-wwi","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5754,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/11\/a-giant-map-of-the-battle-of-vimy-ridge\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788381,"position":0},"title":"A Giant Map of the Battle of Vimy Ridge","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"10 November 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"McMaster University's\u00a0Daily News has a piece on a large-scale map of Vimy Ridge\u2014a World War I battle fought by Canadian troops that has since entered the national folklore\u2014that reproduced from McMaster's extensive collection of trench maps. The map, created by\u00a0Canadian Geographic and 17 \u00d7 13 feet in size, is\u00a0currently on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Conflicts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Conflicts","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/conflicts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/big-vimy-222x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1787272,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/05\/an-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788381,"position":1},"title":"An Anciente Mappe of Fairyland","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"7 May 2019","format":"image","excerpt":"\"An Anciente Mappe of Fairyland,\" produced by Bernard Sleigh around 1917, is a marvellous conflation of classical myth and fairy tales. Nearly five feet wide, it was apparently designed to hang in nurseries. The echoes of its design elements can still be seen in later fantasy maps and children's book\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Art&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Art","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sleigh-fairyland-1024x315.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sleigh-fairyland-1024x315.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sleigh-fairyland-1024x315.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sleigh-fairyland-1024x315.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1818607,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/09\/edney-on-sleighs-anciente-mappe-of-fairyland\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788381,"position":2},"title":"Edney on Sleigh&#8217;s Anciente Mappe of Fairyland","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 September 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"Matthew Edney has a post on Bernard Sleigh\u2019s Anciente Mappe of Fairyland, about which we have seen much already; Edney\u2019s look is deeper and more analytical. \u201cOf special interest to me is how, despite his overtly anti-modernist subject matter and style, Sleigh nonetheless gave structure and system to his fictive\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bernard Sleigh, An Anciente Mappe of Fairyland (1917)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sleigh-fairyland-1024x315.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sleigh-fairyland-1024x315.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sleigh-fairyland-1024x315.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/sleigh-fairyland-1024x315.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1787592,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/08\/heinrich-c-berann\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788381,"position":3},"title":"Heinrich C. Berann","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"8 August 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"I can\u2019t believe that, other than a brief mention in 2010, I\u2019ve never written anything about the cartographic artist Heinrich C. Berann (1917-1992), whose work includes panoramic paintings for National Geographic and, in his later years, for the National Park Service. 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(The Bodleian has posted about D-Day before: see this post from June 2014 marking the 70th anniversary, and this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Conflicts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Conflicts","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/conflicts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Map from The Neptune Monograph","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/neptune-monograph-omaha-east-1024x801.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/neptune-monograph-omaha-east-1024x801.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/neptune-monograph-omaha-east-1024x801.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/neptune-monograph-omaha-east-1024x801.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1785888,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/07\/an-exhibition-of-maps-smuggled-out-of-napoleonic-france\/","url_meta":{"origin":1788381,"position":5},"title":"An Exhibition of Maps Smuggled Out of Napoleonic France","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"8 July 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Gentleman, Soldier, Scholar and Spy:\u00a0The Napoleonic-Era Maps of Robert Clifford, an exhibition running at the McMaster Museum of Art in Hamilton, Ontario through 1 September 2018, showcases an unusual collection of maps held by the McMaster University Library: a cache of maps smuggled out of France in the early 1800s\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Antique Maps&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1788381"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1788385,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1788381\/revisions\/1788385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1788381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1788381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1788381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}