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The Land That Lures. Summer In The Pacific Northwest
Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
Other works by Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation CompanyPublication: Privately printed, 1911, Seattle
9 1/4" x 6 1/4" in color pictorial wrappers. 46, [2] pp; map; illustrated throughout with photographs, some attributed to the photographers Asahel Curtis, A.H. Barnes, Geo. M. Weister, and Case & Draper. The preface states, “This booklet… is issued… with one object in view, that of bringing to the attention of the traveler, on pleasure and recreation bent, the many charms of this beautiful corner of the United States… Once the discriminating tourist spends a summer month or two in the Pacific Northwest he will come to more appreciate the reason for assigning to this booklet the name, 'The Land that Lures.'" Promotional booklet includes sections titled, The Pacific Northwest in Summer; Portland, the City of Roses; Tacoma, the City of Destiny; Seattle, Queen City of Puget Sound; Victoria and Vancouver; Motoring Tours in the Northwest; Mountain Climbing in the Northwest; and Alaska, the Treasured Northland. The Rand, McNally Co. (Chicago) map, facing the inside back cover, is titled, “Union Pacific / Oregon Short Line / Oregon-Washington R.R. & Navigation Co. / Southern Pacific / and Connections” and shows 11 the railroad lines from Chicago and New Orleans west to the Pacific and north from the middle of Mexico to the Canadian border. Light rubbing to spine and with light wear to the extremities. Very good plus.
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