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Auction 190, Lot 175

"The Santa Fe Trail - The Trailway of Romance",

Subject: Western United States

Period: 1930 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
22 x 17 inches
55.9 x 43.2 cm
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This promotional brochure targeted at automobile tourists contains two pictorial maps on one sheet. The upper map shows the course of the Santa Fe Trail from Shawnee Mission, Kansas to Santa Fe and beyond, while the lower map links Washington DC to Los Angeles via the Santa Fe Trail. Both maps are filled with illustrations featuring natural attractions and historical sites, while text promotes the region's highways where "smooth straightaways amid interesting surroundings permit a maximum of pleasure." Related text and illustrations on verso. Published by the Santa Fe Trails Association. Self-folding into pictorial wrappers.

References: Hornsby (Picturing America) p. 193.

Condition: A+

Fine. Issued folding.

Estimate: $200 - $230

Sold for: $120

Closed on 11/16/2022

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