Rare Lake Tahoe broadside 1898
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Title: The Thousands who visit Lake Tahoe... will be please to learn that the Excursion Rates to this popular region have been Reduced...
Place Published: San Francisco
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Date Published: 1898
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Broadside. Printed in red &; black. With 2 illustrations from photographs &; a map. 71x17.5 cm. (28x7").
Advertising broadside issued by the Southern Pacific Railroad, touting its excursions to the Lake Tahoe region, and the region itself, for "Lake Tahoe ranks high among the world 's scenic celebrities, and as a place for successful Summer Outings has few superiors. Among is noted resorts are Tahoe City, McKinneys, Emerald Bay, Talland, and Glenbrook on the Lake, and Deer Park Inn, Rubicon Springs and Glen Alpine Springs in the Mountains a few miles back..." Rates from about 18 towns and cities are given, with round trips from S.F. being $13.50, and from Los Angeles $29.50, and a trip around the lake itself an extra $3.00. No copies are listed in OCLC/WorldCat. Rare.
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