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Auction 195, Lot 340

Rare Early Pocket Map of Dallas

"Dallas Handy Map and Guide",

Subject: Dallas, Texas

Period: 1922 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Black & White

Size:
13.1 x 7.6 inches
33.3 x 19.3 cm
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This small map of Dallas shows the street grid pattern of the city with north oriented to the bottom left corner of the sheet. It identifies street car lines by letter code with an index at bottom listing 11 routes. A full street index and list of buildings is at right and on verso. Self-folds into pictorial paper wrappers (4.1 x 7.9") and published by Goodman Bursetown, a rabbi who published only two maps (Dallas and San Francisco). A rare map with only one past sales record (Old World Auctions) and no copies listed on OCLC.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with light wear along the fold lines.

Estimate: $350 - $425

Sold for: $200

Closed on 11/15/2023

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