[Rarebooks] FS: Southern California Advertising Co., 1910

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ADVERTISING CO. 

_Souvenir Snap Shots of Southern California_. 

Los Angeles: Southern California Advertising Co., n.d. [but circa 1910].


Oblong Pamphlet. 6 3/4 x 10 inches. Unpaginated. [40] pp. Two vignettes
on the title page, each page with 1 or more black-and-white photographic
illustrations, captioned; text clean unmarked, but pages 1-3 and 18-24
have insect damage which is marginal or in the gutter and do not affect
the illustrations. Red wrappers printed in gold on front cover, stapled;
binding square and tight, front cover faded. SCARCE. Good. 

$ 85 

"The publishers of this souvenir are indebted to the Pacific Electric
Railway Company for many of its illustrations." Shriner's hat vignette
on title page, crescent and star motif on the front cover. An excellent
photographic record of Southern California, with images of Angeles'
Flight, street and architectural scenes of Los Angeles, an Indian Crafts
Exhibition, interior views of the Jonathan Club, interior of the Cafe
Martin at Spring and First, nature scenes, harbor scenes, San Diego, and
much more. SCARCE: no auction records found; 1 copy Worldcat (Yale). 

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