Memorabilia

Item Description

They'll be talking forever about the New England "Blizzard of '78!" And now, you can have an authentic replica of that storm to remind you of a real piece of history!

After an inscription of the high bidder's choice is added, the map will be nicely matted and framed and ready for delivery within 3-4 weeks. 

The map is an 18" x 24" replica of the large weather maps we constructed daily at the Channel 5 WeatherCenter in the days before the introduction of computer graphics.  Finished  map is approximately 20" x 26".  See my website at http://www.bobcopelandart.com/map.html for photo of map and more information. 

Value, matted & framed is $200.

If you're not the high bidder, that's too bad.  But, you can order a Custom Weather Map hand drawn by Bob Copeland for any date you choose since 1888! These colorful collector's items are replicas of the maps Bob used on Channel 5 prior to the introduction of computer graphics around 1980! These maps make an ideal gift for the family "weather nut" - choose the date of a memorable weather event like "The Blizzard of 1978” or how about a permanent reminder of your anniversary or your sweetheart's birthday!

Bob Copeland is a 2016 inductee into the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame. 

Not long ago, he wrote on his website, “When I was a little kid, I had three loves…drawing, my camera, and the weather (okay, the Red Sox were a close fourth…) but the greatest of these was the weather. I knew early on that ‘when I grew up’ I really wanted to be a ‘weatherman’ so that is the direction that my brain and circumstances led me. Although some of my friends and even some teachers used to say things like ‘you draw really well’ or ‘you ought to go to art school,’ my ‘left-brain’ focus prevailed as I thought about college. I concentrated on math, science, and engineering at Northeastern and then meteorology at MIT, shunning most ‘liberal arts’ courses. Thanks to Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame inductee Don Kent at WBZ-TV, I was fortunate enough to land my first broadcast job right out of MIT, then spent most of my adult life as a television meteorologist.”

Quickly becoming a full-timer, Copeland served WBZ-TV from 1957 until joining the old Channel 5 (then, WHDH-TV) in 1966 and stayed with Channel 5 when, in 1972, it became WCVB-TV. Today, Copeland enjoys life with his second loves – oil painting and photography – at “Bob Copeland’s North-of-the-Notch Studio” in Littleton, NH.  Visit anytime -- www.bobcopelandart.com.