Travel &Tourism
Hotels, Travel and Tourism, Advertising and Promotion,
Bay City, MI: The Gregory Press. Embossed illustrated wraps. 16 pp. In-text, full page and centerfold illustrations. Tasteful geometric boarder decoration. The text describes and promotes the hotel utilizing relevant interior images. The centerfold shows the lobby. Boasts being one of the finest hotels. Measures 7.5" by 5" The hotel's.....
Price: $225.00
Steamers and Liners,Menus,Maritime and Shipping History
[Quebec]: Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company, 1898. A printed menu for breakfast on the steamer S.S. Carolina in 1898, with designs of destinations and natural sights on the front by A.G. Racey (e.g. Montreal, Cliffs of Murray Bay). Inside, there is a wine list on the right and a menu.....
Price: $125.00
Minnesota,Lake Redwood,Photo Booklet
Redwood Falls, Minnesota: The Redwood Gazette Print, 1902. A souvenir photo booklet celebrating the natural wonders of Redwood Falls, Minnesota, published by the town's local Gazette. Includes a photo portrait montage of "the committee in charge" (presumably the Gazette's committee?) followed by thirty-one (31) photos of Lake Redwood and its.....
Price: $150.00
Tourism,Havana
Havana, Cuba: Rafael Carrera, Chief of Police, 1930. A printed notice addressed to (American) tourists in Havana, welcoming them to Cuba and warning them against taking taxis driven by drivers who refuse to show their badge. Notes that English-speaking police officers wear "a special uniform of Prussian blue and white.....
Price: $275.00
Martha's vineyard, autograph albums, religion, oak bluff
Oak Bluff: 1874-1883. These three albums are being offered as a collection. Two of these albums are near complete, while the album with the latest dates is sparse, with only 25 of the 100 or so pages used. One album has a board cover in brown cloth, with "Autographs" gilt.....
Price: $600.00
London,Railway Tourism,Travel in Victorian Britain
London, England: Wm. Tweedie, 1862. A railway guide, but made into an ABC, published in the 1860s for tourists and locals alike to properly plan their train journeys. Published in November 1862 at the height of Victoria's reign around the same time of the International Exhibition of 1862, which brought.....
Price: $500.00
Souvenir Photo Books,Tourism and Travel Ephemera,History of the Photographic Book,Photography for the Masses
New York, New York: Adolph Wittemann, 1880s. A printed price list of souvenir albums for sale, organized into two categories: "Cities", and "Scenery and Resorts". Provides interesting insight into what cities and sites were most sought after by American tourists. The albums, also referred to as "souvenir viewbooks", were published.....
Price: $100.00
Leisure, Vacations, California, Tourism, Marketing
Los Angeles, California: c1945. Typewritten letter (11" by 8.5") from Don Thomas, Managing Director of The All-Year Club of Southern California, on letterhead with original envelope responding to a prospective customer's interest in receiving promotional materials. He addresses the letter to "Victory Vacationist", highlighting the Club's push to market Los.....
Price: $375.00
travel, trains, journal, national parks, national park system, Price Canyon, Salt Lake City, Niagara Falls, Chicago, Denver, Rocky Mountains, Rockies, Erie Canal
c1884. An array of snippets and pages detailing a trip a young family took by train in 1884. A mother, family, and their two young children started in Boston and headed west. They stopped in Niagara Falls, Erie Canal, Denver, Salt Lake, Price Canyon, Black Canyon, Chicago, and Washington DC.....
Price: $125.00
camp, nature resort, fishing, family
Jackman, ME: Holden Brothers, [1930]. A brochure for Attlean Lake Camps, a nature resort in Jackman, Maine, on the shores of Attlean Pond. It features twenty-two (22) guest log cabins, most with private baths, that can hold between 2 to 6 people each. The camp has a variety of activities.....
Price: $90.00
Serials,Women's Magazines,Advertising to Women,Travel and Tourism,Railroads and Rail History,Women in the Railroad,Women in the Workforce,Recruiting Women in the Railroad
Baltimore, Maryland: The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, 1940. The May 1940 issue of the Baltimore & Ohio Magazine Annual Women's Number, published by The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, celebrating 85 years of "Women in B&O Service" (p.5). The women's issue of the Magazine was published for the women.....
Price: $175.00
Travel & Tourism, Mozambique, Promotion, Printing on Crepe Paper
c1900. A 14" x 14" crepe paper advertisement and/or napkin for Beira's Premier Hotel, The Savoy - Faultless Cuisine - Unequalled Accomodation - Excellence in Every Department. The attributes continue. James Lawson, Limited Proprietors, Also Refreshment Contractors to the Beira, Mashonaland, and Rhodesia Railways. Branches at Beira, Umtali, Salisbury, Glove.....
Price: $200.00
Bills of Lading, Nautical, Clippers, Maritime History
Boston, Massachusetts: Timothy Davis & Co.'s Line, December 7, 1853. Bill of lading for "Romance of the Sea", one of several clipper ships owned by the Timothy Davis & Co.'s Line out of San Francisco, California. This particular clipper was launched November 15, 1853, and would mysteriously disappear en route.....
Price: $325.00
Dyslexic Printer, Broadside, People's Ferry Line
1875. A 9 1/4" x 12" broadside promoting the relaunch of "an exceptionally fast vessel" It reads To the Freinds(sic) and Patrons of the Thos. Collyer. This steamer is now complete with new boilers and outfit, will resume her place on the People's Ferry Line between New York and Staten.....
Price: $175.00
Mortuaries,Travel Brochures,History of California,Spanish Architecture
Long Beach, California: J.J. Mottell, Inc., 1940s. An illustrated brochure promoting a mortuary in Long Beach, California, as an ideal funeral home and tourist destination, "conveniently and centrally located at Third and Alamitos Ave. Long Beach". Includes brief biographies of the management team and staff, photographs of the building and.....
Price: $275.00
Disney,Communications,Public Facing,Correspondence,Guest Relations,Buzzwords,Management,Employee Training,Disneyland
[Anaheim, California]: Disney University, 1989. A business communications employee handbook, privately printed by Disney University for Disneyland employees in 1989. Broken into three sections: "Correspondence Guidelines" (e.g. letterhead format); "Disney Style" (trademarks, preferred vocabulary, etc.); and "Grammar/Punctuation" (lists of commonly misused words, grammar rules to be mindful of, etc.). A......
Price: $250.00
Clergy,Railroad Fare
[New York, New York]: U.S. Railroad Administration, c.1919. A book of blank certificates that entitle the holder to "one-way passage tickets at the authorized Clergy fares over all railroads under Federal control". Issued by the U.S. Railroad Administration, this booklet is stamped "No. E75615". Two of the certificates have been.....
Price: $225.00
The Great American Road Trip,History of National Parks in America,Glacier National Park,Outdoor Recreation
United States: c.1936. A pair of items related to tourism in Glacier National Park in the 1930s, when road trips to national parks were beginning to become a more common American family vacation and pastime. The first item is a "Motorist's Guide" (illus. pamphlet measuring 9" by 4" folded) with.....
Price: $125.00
Humor,Vacations,Traveling West,Family Road Trips,Americana,Disneyland,Sightseeing
United States: 1957. A humorous, well-written, and entertaining account of a road trip undertaken by three American families traveling from Texas to California in 1957. It begins with a list of "Personae" including the Edens, Staples, and Hastings families, comprised of three couples with seven children ranging in age from.....
Price: $250.00
World's Fairs and Expositions,History of Chicago,1893 Columbian Exposition,Souvenirs,Catalogues Lists and Bibliographies
N.pl: Clarence M. Busch, State Printer of Pennsylvania, 1893. A highly detailed catalogue recording the exhibits presented by the State of Pennsylvania at the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The catalogue, printed by the state printer of Pennsylvania, includes several full-page illustrations of the exhibits and detailed descriptions and itemized.....
Price: $275.00
Menu, Travel & Tourism, Advertising, Transportation
Rand McNally & Co., 1886. Single-fold 6 1/8" x 4 1/4" menu with a color illustrated cover depicting scenes from nature . The front cover promotes Chicago & Grand Trunk Ry, The Great Niagara Falls Air Line Menu "take one as a souvenir" The back depicts an image of Mt.....
Price: $125.00
boarding schools, recreation & camps, travel, advertising, Lona Hazzard School, Houdd Gibson School
Castle Rock Springs, CA: Children's Summer Resort, 1927. Self proclaimed as the "Switzerland of American" the Children's Summer Resort was located in small lakeside town in Castle Hot Springs, CA. The children's resort was run by two boarding schools, Lona Hazzard School in Alameda, CA and Houdd Gibson School in.....
Price: $100.00
Supporting the Arts,Summer Festivals,Arts and Cultural Events,History of New York City
New York, New York: Municipal Art Committee, 1936. Illustrated booklet promoting the Second Annual Summer Festival of the City of New York, a grand celebration of the city's museums, parts, performances, and cultural events. Organized by the Municipal Art Committee, the festival opened with a performance by the Metropolitan Opera.....
Price: $100.00
Coronado Island, Sea Hunt, Photography, Birds
[1915]. A series of 37 photographs, hand numbered on the reverse, chronicling a visit to Coronado Island off San Diego. The first image is approaching the uninhabited island followed by an image of their boat and then two young men approaching the rocks with a row boat and portaging the.....
Price: $450.00