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Auction 197, Lot 201

"A Pictorial Map of Palo Alto and the San Francisco Peninsula"

Subject: San Francisco Bay Area, Palo Alto

Period: 1946 (circa)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
20.7 x 15.9 inches
52.6 x 40.4 cm
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This pictorial map of the San Francisco Bay area covers the region from Santa Clara and Palo Alto north to San Francisco and Oakland. Stanford University and “Big Redwood Trees” are prominently depicted below Palo Alto. Photographic images promoting the city surround the map including the community center, museum, chamber of commerce, “typical Palo Alto homes,” and more. The verso contains related promotional text. Drawn by Arthur Lites for the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce. Self-folding into pictorial wrappers (3.7 x 9.0”).

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with light toning at bottom.

Estimate: $200 - $250

Sold for: $100

Closed on 4/24/2024

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