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This CD contains the page images and searchable text from three booklets published nearly a century ago by the Southern Pacific Railroad to encourage travel on its southern and central transcontinental lines.
Another two booklets promote the Southern Pacific Atlantic Steamship Lines, connecting to the SPRR rail terminus at New Orleans.
Also included is The Land Living Color, a collection of illustrations from Sunset Magazine which vividly show the sights along the routes of the railway.
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The six titles are:
The Road Of A Thousand Wonders - The Coast Line-Shasta Route of the Southern Pacific Company from Los Angeles Through San Francisco, to Portland, a Journey of Over One Thousand Three Hundred Miles. These Pages Picture and Tell of This Region and Its Wonders, of the Varied Charms of Sea and Sky, of Mountain and Valley, Field and Forest and of Climatic Features Which Make Pleasant All the Year; of Numberless Resorts Attractive for Health-Seeking Idling Enjoyment, and All Out-of-Door Recreation.
Passenger Department, Southern Pacific Company San Francisco, California 1907.
Overland Route to the Road of a Thousand Wonders. The Route Of The Union Pacific & the Southern Pacific From Omaha To San Francisco A Journey Of Eighteen Hundred Miles Where Once Bison & the Indian Reigned Over the wagon trail of the hardy Pioneers runs the Overland Route as pictured in these pages; over vast plains, once prairie, now farmland; past the high outpost of the Rockies; across the surface of that strange inland sea, Great Salt Lake; over the crest of the high Sierra; through picturesque canyon and valley to the Golden Gate.
The Union Pacific And Southern Pacific Passenger Departments. 1908.
California And Pacific Coast For The Tourist - The Charm Of "The Land Of Sunshine" By Summit, Sea And Shore.
The Southern Pacific San Francisco, California 1914
The Land of Living Color - A Pictorial Journey from the Storied Southwest through the Gardens and Missions and Scenic Splendor of the Pacific Coast Country to the Eternal Snows of Alaska.
J. B. Scofield 1915
One Hundred Golden Hours At Sea.(1910 edition)
The Southern Pacific Atlantic Steamship Lines.
One Hundred Golden Hours At Sea.(1914 edition)
The Southern Pacific Atlantic Steamship Lines.
These guides pioneered the use of color graphics to illustrate the sights along the SPRR and UPRR rail and steamship routes. They vividly describe and illustrate the scenic wonders in store for SPRR and UPRR passengers on westward journeys. And they provide information on travel options and accommodations.
Below are thumbnails of representative pages from the guides.
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