This was the heyday of companies like Archar and Descartes who produced many colorful promotional advertising maps wherein local businesses were flatteringly drawn on the map with their logos proudly embedded on their buildings.
This was the heyday of companies like Archar and Descartes who produced hundreds of colorful promotional maps of mainly American and Canadian cities. Local businesses were flatteringly drawn on these'Character maps' with their logos proudly embedded on their buildings.