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Rare Early Southern Pacific Railroad Pamphlet Promoting Santa Cruz & Monterey (with maps!)

Presented by Southern Pacific Railroad Company and published by San Francisco News Publishing Co. and All Booksellers and compiled by Meyernick.

Map of Santa Cruz on front cover, Monterey on back cover.

Includes description of town and history, as well as climate, wildlife, and places of interest. Advertisements in the back for Southern Pacific Railroad routes and special engagements. Mentions Pebble Beach long before the golf course was built.

Rarity

The pamphlet is very rare.  We note only 2 examples at auction listed by AMPR (Holabird 2014 and American Art Association 1929).

OCLC lists 1 example (Los Angeles Public Library).  We note also an example at the Library of Congress.

Condition Description
Printed covers (soiled), plus 51 pages plus advertisements.