Buy this book on-line Original Map - Roap Map; California, Oregon, Washington; Hotel Manx, San FranciscoAAA, United States
A small road map that advertises the Hotel Manx in San Francisco. No date, circa 1939. Folds out into five panels. Measures 2 1/4" x 5 1/2" folded; 11 1/4" x 5 1/2" unfolded. Black and white illustrations and reprinted photographs. A clean, fine copy. Front panel includes title and also the following: "Official AAA Hotel; Powell at Union Square; Managing Owner - Garage Service at Door; 'Meet Me at the Manx.'" Managing owner is Harvey M. Toy. Other panels include a black and white map of California, Oregon, and Washington that shows major highways as red lines and cities and promotional descriptions of the Hotel Manx, such as "airy" rooms that each have filtered ice water and "quiet good taste." Local points of interest are also advertised, such as Monterey, Seventeen Mile Drive, and the San Carlos Hotel. The Hotel Manx was built in the early 1900s. During Prohibition, the basement of the hotel became a speakeasy, and when the Golden Gate Bridge was being constructed in the 1930s, many workers from the bridge construction crew lived at the hotel. Since then, the Hotel Manx has had several renovations and still stands and operates today as the Villa Florence.. Map/Print. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: No Binding Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Original Map - Roap Map; California, Oregon, Washington; Hotel Manx, San Francisco. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, first editions, collectables, atlases and incunabula. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |