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Auction 191, Lot 249

"Mt. Tamalpais California - Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway", Railroad Companies, (Various)

Subject: San Francisco Bay Area, California

Period: 1917 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
15.5 x 8.3 inches
39.4 x 21.1 cm
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This brochure was issued by the Sunset Publishing House and promotes train service to Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods where "Uncle Sam says there's more sunshine per day on Tamalpais than at any other recording station in the United States." It features a bird's-eye view of the entire bay area from the vantage point of Mt. Tamalpais and extending out to San Jose, Sacramento, and Santa Rosa with the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the background. Produced by the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods RR, which began operation in 1896 and closed in 1930 due in part to the growing automobile competition and the Great Depression. Self-folding into pictorial paper wrappers (4.0 x 9.0").

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Condition: A

Clean and bright with a slight crease at top left. There are staples along the centerfold, as issued.

Estimate: $180 - $220

Sold for: $170

Closed on 2/8/2023

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