{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Thomas Guide Maps: The Rise And Fall of LA's Directional Holy Grail", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/647247733766422528/", "html": "<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf=\"{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://href.li/?https://laist.com/2018/06/22/thomas_guide_maps_the_rise_and_fall.php&quot;,&quot;display_url&quot;:&quot;https://href.li/?https://laist.com/2018/06/22/thomas_guide_maps_the_rise_and_fall.php&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Thomas Guide Maps: The Rise And Fall of LA's Directional Holy Grail&quot;,&quot;description&quot;:&quot;There was a time you wouldn't dare leave your house without a Thomas Guide. Here's the history of this beloved tome.&quot;,&quot;site_name&quot;:&quot;LAist&quot;,&quot;poster&quot;:[{&quot;media_key&quot;:&quot;709adeb1a693bce9649da6df4cd2351a:23377cbe9e0a9a4f-90&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:706,&quot;height&quot;:640}]}\"><a href=\"https://href.li/?https://laist.com/2018/06/22/thomas_guide_maps_the_rise_and_fall.php\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas Guide Maps: The Rise And Fall of LA&rsquo;s Directional Holy Grail</a></p><p>Remembering pre-smartphone LA, where you were expected to bring a reference book with you everywhere in order to know where anything was</p>"}