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Auction 179, Lot 232

"[Lot of 2] Souvenir Map and Guide to Starland Estates and Mansions… A Fascinating Trip Through Movieland... [and] Complete Guide Movie Stars Homes and Where to See the Stars - How to Get There Souvenir Maps"

Subject: Los Angeles, California

Period: 1947-49 (circa)

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Color: Printed Color

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A. Souvenir Map and Guide to Starland Estates and Mansions… A Fascinating Trip Through Movieland. Summer Issue - 1947, by Martha Lake, dated 1947 (17.7 x 10.6"). This classic Beverly Hills- Hollywood tour map includes hundreds of addresses to stars homes including Fred Astaire, Alfred Hitchcock and Ed Sullivan to name a few. Includes a list of “Famous Night Clubs and Cafes” at top right. Accompanied by the rare original blue and orange envelope with title Guide and Map with Home Addresses of Movie Stars (4.3 x 7.0").

B. Complete Guide Movie Stars Homes and Where to See the Stars - How to Get There Souvenir Maps, by Mitock & Sons, circa 1949 (27.2 x 16.1"). This souvenir pamphlet features three maps showing the locations of Hollywood stars in Brentwood, Bel Air, and Beverly Hills. Beverly Hills is the largest of the three maps, listing 113 celebrities including Fred Astaire, Ingrid Bergman, Bogart and Bacall, James Cagney, Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, Katherine Hepburn, three of the Marx brothers, Vincent Price, David O. Selznick, Barbara Stanwyck, and Elizabeth Taylor. Tourists could track down Gary Cooper, Joan Crawford, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, and Orson Welles in Brentwood. Among the celebrities on the Bel Air list are Bing Crosby, Rita Hayworth, Alfred Hitchcock, Burt Lancaster, and Maureen O'Hara. The pamphlet includes an additional list of big names not identified on the three maps, helpful hints for places to go to see the stars, and a diagram locating stars' beach homes on the Santa Monica ocean front.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding on bright sheets with some pencil notations from use.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $180

Closed on 9/16/2020

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