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Auction 199, Lot 207

"[Lot of 2] Florida Resorts Atlantic Coast Line - The Standard Railroad of the South [and] Florida Resorts - Atlantic Coast Line Railroad", Poole Bros.

Subject: Florida

Period: 1936-40 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
8.4 x 15.2 inches
21.3 x 38.6 cm
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This lot features two annual issues of the Atlantic Coast Line travel guide series. The first is for the 1936-37 season and the second is for the 1940-41 season. Each is 31 pages long and is filled with photographic illustrations featuring hotels, resorts, lakes, beaches, golf clubs, points of interest, and more. Vibrantly-colored centerfold maps present early automobile roads and railroads in the state, including several lines of the Atlantic Coast Line and the Florida East Coast Railway. Decorated by compass roses and title cartouches in a classic style. Self-folding (4.0 x 9.0") into pictorial wrappers.

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Condition: A

Contents are clean, bright and near fine. Issued folding with staples along the right edge of the front wrappers.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $375

Closed on 9/11/2024

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