"Puget Sound Electric Railway - The Quickest Route Between Seattle and Tacoma", Railroad Companies, (Various)

This rare and uniquely designed promotional map was issued by the Puget Sound Electric Railway. It shows the railway in red connecting a plan view of Tacoma (population: 74, 795) at left to a plan view of Seattle (population: 151,000) at right. In between are the various stops, and a series of black & white photographs (with captions) showing "scenes along the line." The 38-mile Puget Sound Electric Railway, which spanned from Seattle to Tacoma, ran from 1902 to 1928. Verso features a daily time card, places of interest, passenger rates and connections, and more useful information for the travels. Self-folds into a brochure (4.3 x 8.2") with "Mt. Tacoma or Rainier" on the front cover. Engraving credited to Benson-Morris Co. in Seattle. Printed by Allen & Lamborn in Tacoma.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with a couple short fold separations at bottom, light extraneous creasing, a couple misfolds, and a 0.5" edge tear at bottom right.