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[bandit957]

Another reference book we had was a Rand McNally World Atlas from the late '60s. We buyed it at a yard sale in the early '80s. It's in great condition, and I still have it here.

Apparently, this was a very common book. The cover is red and white.

[kkt]

The Atlas pages for the world still show all the countries of the British Empire in pink - dark pink for self-governing dominions, light pink for colonies.

[kphoger]

We got the CD-ROM set in the late 1990s.  I remember finding the folder with all the .wav files, then mixing and editing them in whatever stock sound editing tool Windows 95 had, then setting those new sound bites as some of our computer's action sounds.  It was kind of fun to hear T. S. Eliot upon startup, with a bunch of backwards tribal African music and who knows what else in the background.  Looking back, I realize my dad probably found it kind of annoying...

[iowahighways]

I dug my copy of Volume 24 out of cold storage and took a couple of pictures.

Those maps were also used in Rand McNally's Goode's World Atlas from that era.

[cjk374]

I don't know how my dad acquired it, but we had Britannica growing up here. It came with a bookcase that fit all 24 volumes. The books were maroon in color.