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Auction 192, Lot 160

"Gay Days Around America - A Pleasure Map of Festivals, Pageants, and Special Events Best Reached by Greyhound... the Nationwide Travel Way!",

Subject: United States

Period: 1949 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
23.4 x 17.5 inches
59.4 x 44.5 cm
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Designed by graphic artist M.E. Bush, this pictorial map was published as a promotional item for Greyhound Lines. It highlights festivals, events, and attractions across the United States that are reachable by Greyhound's buses. Notable destinations include Mardi Gras, the Indy 500, the Kentucky Derby, the Miss America Beauty Pageant, the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial, Yellowstone, and the Calgary Stampede. Self-folds into a brochure with the title "America Celebrates - A Travel Map of Festivals, Pageants and Special Events Best Reached by... Greyhound."

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Condition: A

A bright and clean example, issued folding, with a few tiny splits at fold intersections. There is minor soiling on the brochure covers.

Estimate: $220 - $250

Sold for: $550

Closed on 4/26/2023

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