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[Pacific Sightseeing Co., San Francisco Parlor Car Tours, Worthington Gates]
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Bird's eye view map of the Bay Area, 21x39 on sheet 24x81 folded to 23.5x10.5, with uncolored photos and text on both sides. On verso: "Pacific sightseeing Co. 741 Market St. San Francisco Parlor car tours" including six panels of tourist information described various sights, each with a black and white photo. Includes information on a San Francisco-Los Angeles parlor car tour offered by California Parlor Car Tours. Map showing panoramic view of San Francisco Bay Area places of interest, covering Marin County, Richmond, Berkeley, Oakland and the San Francisco peninsula from Palo Alto and Stanford to the city, the sight seeing routes, landmarks, hotels, bridges and parks. Relief shown pictorially. Worthington Gates stamp at lower right corner.
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Argentina. Direccion General de Ferrocarriles.
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Shows the extent of railroad development in Argentina in 1924. Dated 1924 on the map and 1925 on the cover. Printed in full color, dissected into 42 sections and backed with linen. Folds into tan cloth covers 14 x11.5 with "Republica Argentina. Ministerio De Obras Publicas. Direccion General De Ferrocarriles. 1925" stamped in black ink on the front; spine reads "Mapa De Ferrocarriles." Prime meridian: Cordoba.
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San Francisco Examiner
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Date estimated.
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[Rand McNally and Company, Refiners Oil Company]
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Rand McNally official auto road map, printed on heavy paper on sheet 30.5x46, folded to 23x10. Date estimated. Shows paved and improved roads, state and U.S. highways Principal cities, capitals, population, traffic signs, etc. On verso: Cover, mileage chart, advertisement and text. Include 4 city map with index, covering Dayton, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Cincinnati, Ohio and Richmond, Ohio on verso.
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Great Northern Railway
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Date estimated.
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Great Northern Railway
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Date estimated. Includes 18 photographs and captions.
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Pahaska Tepee
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Date estimated.
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California State Automobile Association
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Date estimated.
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J.W. Clement Co.
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Jig saw puzzle map of the United State 31x51. Date estimated. Prime meridian is Greenwich. Shows map of the united States, with state boundaries, and major cities.
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[Herbert L. Cornish Co., J.W. Wilkinson & Co.]
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Date estimated. Black and white bird's-eye view map of Hillhurst Park at right, and a black and white plat map at left, on sheet 47.5x66, folded into self wrapped cover, 23.5x10.On verso; cover title and descriptive text on 3 panels, 23.5x33, promoting Los Angeles' newest residential subdivision. Bird's-eye view map shows Mt. Holly and Griffith Park at top, with palatial homes and residences set in large estates. The plat map is annotated in red ink with lot prices in the higher elevations, and the names of Chandler, Bixley and Bradford. At lower left the terms are noted in red ink. Hillhurst Park lies between Griffith Park and Los Feliz Avenue. The elevations of these sites for residences de luxe varies from 500 to 800 ft. above sea level.
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Philadelphia Sugar Co.
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Date estimated.
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Institute of Social and Religious Research
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Bound in maroon cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on the front, "World Missionary Atlas. Institute of Social and Religious Research" and on the spine, "World Missionary Atlas." White call number label on spine.
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[R.R. Bowker Company, Brown, Harold Haven]
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Envelope with return address, with Publisher's brochure, by R.R. Bowker Co. New York.
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[Haack, H., Stieler, Adolf]
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Bound in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on front cover and spine: "Stieler's Atlas of Modern Geography. Part Second. Africa - Australia - America - Index."
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[Haack, H., Stieler, Adolf]
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Bound in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on front cover and spine: "Stieler's Atlas of Modern Geography. Part First, Europe and Asia." Two volume set in English. 10th edition and the Centenary edition. This edition was a very important revision and was issued in German, French, English, Spanish, and Italian. Each map preceded by index map, printed in blue, which is labeled, "Stielers Handatlas, Zehnte Auflage / Hundertjahr-Ausgabe. Gotha: Justus Perthes." Relief shown in hachures. Alphabetical Index of place names not scanned. Over 43 different draftsmen and engravers are listed on the various sheets.
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[Lites, Arthur, (Palo Alto) Chamber of Commerce]
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Date estimated. Front panel features a group of Spanish travelers looking upward at the "palo alto" or the "tall tree".
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Cummins Map Co.
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Date estimated. Bound in red cloth covered boards with "Atlas Of Prince Edward Island And the World" stamped in gilt
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[Kenyon Company, Bankers Life Company]
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A very early radio map of the U.S. showing location of major radio stations operating in 1925. The country is divided by use of printed color into nine "Radio Districts" and four time zones. There is also a "Log By Wave Length" in which one can record the signal strength of stations received. Folded into yellow card board covers 23x9.5 with "Bankers Life Radio Map of the United States Including Principal Stations in Canada, Cuba and Porto Rico and Mexico Cit, Mexico." printed in dark blue.
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Rand McNally and Company
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Rand McNally and Company
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Three maps printed in dark blue ink on both sides with copious information about State highway markings. Bound into cardboard covers 19x10.5 with "Rand McNally official Auto Trails Map, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Glacier and Yellowstone National park. 35¢. Rand McNally & Company. Chicago - New York." Includes Index to Principal Cities and Towns. Relief shown by hachures.
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Rand McNally and Company
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Maps in outline color with copious information about road conditions, trail, and highway markings. Bound into cardboard covers 19x10.5 cm. with "Rand McNally official Auto Trails Map, Arizona, New Mexico. 35¢. Rand McNally & Company. Chicago - New York." on the cover. Includes a booklet.
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Rand McNally and Company
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The "Junior" series. Map is printed in dark blue and roads are shown in red. Covers are beige card board 12.5x8 printed in dark blue with "Rand McNally Junior Auto Road Map New England. Lake Parlin House and Camps, Lake Parlin Hotel Company. In the Heart of the Great Maine Woods, On the Shores of Beautiful Lake Parlin, An Ideal place to spend a day, a week, or a season. Jackman Station, Somerset County, Maine." Also on the cover is pictured the Lake Parlin House.
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[Sarg, Anthony Frederick, Central Savings Bank]
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Color pictorial map, 35x27, on sheet 45.5x30.5, folded in mailing envelope 23x15.5, with decorative title cartouche. Produced as a promotion for Central Savings Bank on the occasion of its 75th anniversary, with promotional text on the back invited potential customers. Designed by designer, decorator, cartoonist, illustrator, sculptor, writer and lecturer. Anthony Frederick Sarg, born in Guatemala to a German father and English mother, moved to New York City in 1915. He became a U.S. citizen in 1920. He was an illustration artist for various publications including the Saturday Evening Post. In 1917. Map shows Greenwich Village in New York City with people in various activities, streets, landmarks and buildings, such as the Salmagundi Club, the Washington Square Arch and New York University. Includes a key below the cartouche provides a guide to restaurants, stores, bars, and the Whitney Museum of American Art at its former West 8th Street location. In the lower margin, shows portraits of Mark Twain and Washington Irving.
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