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Auction 195, Lot 229

"[Map in Booklet] Route of Personally Escorted Tours to Yellowstone National Park Lake Tahoe, Yosemite National Park and Other California Resorts... [in] The Three Tours Yellowstone National Park - Lake Tahoe - Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove", Railroad Companies, (Various)

Subject: Western United States, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Lake Tahoe

Period: 1910 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
23.2 x 8.3 inches
58.9 x 21.1 cm
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This elaborate promotional booklet was produced by the Union Pacific Railroad and highlights their "personally escorted tours" to Yellowstone, Lake Tahoe, and Yosemite Valley. It features 16 single-page color illustrations along with text descriptions including Old Faithful, Vernal Falls, The Three Brothers, and others. At the end of the booklet is a folding map (22.8 x 8.2”) showing the lines of the Union Pacific Railroad which access these landmarks from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Minneapolis, and beyond. Second edition. Embossed decorative wrappers.

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Condition: A

Folding map and plates are clean, bright and near fine. There is light wear to the paper wrappers.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $120

Closed on 11/15/2023

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