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Auction 197, Lot 222

"Florida Resorts Atlantic Coast Line - The Standard Railroad of the South [in] Tropical Trips Golf Courses & Hotel Directory Season 1926-27", Poole Bros.

Subject: Florida

Period: 1926 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
8.4 x 15.1 inches
21.3 x 38.4 cm
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This 31-page brochure promoting the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was “designed to help prospective Winter visitors to Florida, Cuba, and the South.” It is filled with photographic illustrations featuring hotels, resorts, lakes, beaches, golf clubs, points of interest, and more. A vibrantly-colored centerfold map presents early automobile roads and railroads in the state, including several lines of the Atlantic Coast Line, the Florida East Coast Railway, and the Winston Coast Line. Decorated by a compass rose and title cartouche in a classic style. Self-folding (4.0 x 9.0") into pictorial wrappers featuring a golf scene.

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Condition: A

Contents are clean, bright and near fine with some minor soiling along the sheet edges. Issued folding with staples along the right edge of the front wrapper.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $100

Closed on 4/24/2024

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