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Auction 199, Lot 179

"This Map of America's Sunshine Area Can Indicate Only a Few of the Numberless Scenic and Historic Attractions Contributing to the Magnificence..."

Subject: Southwestern United States

Period: 1947 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
23.1 x 17 inches
58.7 x 43.2 cm
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A fun pictorial map of the Southwest issued by the Sunshine Area Chambers of Commerce and credited to artist B.E. Lewis. The map covers Arizona, New Mexico, and west Texas and is filled with illustrations for the tourist including fishing, skiing, historic sites, and an unusual number of bikini-clad sunbathers in New Mexico! Air routes, not roads, are drawn on the map owing to an increase in commercial aviation following World War II. The verso contains related text and illustrations. Self folding into pictorial wrappers with the title Sunshine Air Trails - An Informative Fun Map of the Sunshine Area (4.0 x 9.0").

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Condition: A

Issued folding with a couple short splits at the fold junctions.

Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $100

Closed on 9/11/2024

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