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Auction 199, Lot 274

"Dallas, Texas"

Subject: Dallas, Texas

Period: 1942 (dated)

Publication:

Color: Printed Color

Size:
19.3 x 23.5 inches
49 x 59.7 cm
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A detailed street map of the city extending to Preston Hollow in the north and Honey Springs in the south. Shows detailed routes of street cars, motor coaches and feeder coaches along with real estate development. Includes an inset of the business district at lower left, while the verso contains a street index. Created by the Dallas Railway & Terminal Company and published by Myrtle Cody, who also issued a Dallas city guide during this period. Self-folding into pictorial wrappers (4.0 x 9.7") with title "Cody's Official Map of Dallas, Texas" and priced at 25 cents. There are no institutional listings on OCLC for this 1942 edition, and only two examples of the 1945 version.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with minor soiling and light foxing at top right.

Estimate: $180 - $220

Sold for: $90

Closed on 9/11/2024

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