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Profitable Pleasure -- A Pleasant Jaunt Over The Road To Success -- Invest IN Nature's Storehouse -- City Dweller's Must Eat!
Rare promotional brochure lauding the natural wonders and agricultural potential of the region south of Seattle, along the Pacific Coast Railroad.
The bird's-eye map is centered on Black Diamond in the foreground, and delineating the various rivers (White River, Green River, Newauken River, Cedar River) and rail lines throughout the region.
E. F. DeGrandpre is listed as manager of the company's Land Department.
The text promotes the land owned by the company, offering family, wealth, and happiness, are all available to the buyer interested in cultivating acreage bought along the railroad's right-of-way.
Photos show Lake Sawyer, generous returns from farming, a view up the Cedar River valley near Indian mine, a view of Issaquah showing a school, etc.
Rarity
OCLC locates one copy, at Yale's Beinecke Library. Rare.
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