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NPR\u2019s Weekend Edition Sunday<\/em> had a segment on the Osher Map Library<\/a> last Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NPR\u2019s Weekend Edition Sunday had a segment on the Osher Map Library last Sunday.<\/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":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-12-09T18:48:50+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m7l7ihjsa22h","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m7l7ihjsa22h\",\"cid\":\"bafyreidhj4eq4apumwyzhqqpgkparo4sh2ndhwhkzd327awo7ubveipw2i\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreicqeucnkt5srebvyynzwcuv5bfocgbn76x5fv56ln4noynvs4ddkm\",\"rev\":\"3m7l7ihjx4c2h\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[48,564,447],"class_list":["post-1845280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-libraries","tag-npr","tag-osher","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787136,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/02\/osher-map-library-tv-segment\/","url_meta":{"origin":1845280,"position":0},"title":"Osher Map Library TV Segment","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"27 February 2019","format":"video","excerpt":"\ufeff News Center Maine, the news wing of Portland, Maine NBC affiliate WCSH, has a segment profiling the Osher Map Library.","rel":"","context":"In "Antique Maps"","block_context":{"text":"Antique Maps","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/antique-maps\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1785828,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/06\/osher-formally-donates-map-collection-to-usm\/","url_meta":{"origin":1845280,"position":1},"title":"Osher Formally Donates Map Collection to USM","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"27 June 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Harold Osher is formally donating his map collection to the University of Southern Maine, a gift with an estimated value of $100 million, along with a contribution to an endowment to support the collection (USM press release,\u00a0Portland Press-Herald). 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