Automobile

1913 · 63117 — New York: C.S. Hammond & Co. Schum Bros. Stationers and Printers 1913. 12mo. 3.5 x 7.5 double-sided colour lithograph map which folds out to 25.25 x 16.5 in. on 28 x 17.75 in. sheet very light dustsoiling slight shelfwear very slight age toning along the folds. Original printed gray-blue pocket portfolio folder blue lettering on recto & verso added affixed label of Schum Bros. over imprint minor age toning still a VG bright clean map. First edition thus of this very scarce Brass Era automobile travel map depicting Manhattan and portions of Long Island from Brooklyn across to Smithtown and Great River. Verso Map includes Long Island fro Great River up to Darlington across to Truman Beach and Bridgehampton with two inset maps: “Contination of North Shore†and “Continuation of South Shore†with “Good Roads†and “Fair Roads†differentiated as well as depiction of the Long Island Railway line and red dots tracing the electric interurban lines. As early as 1906 Hammond & Co. had produced a map for Good Roads enthusiasts and motorists but this updated issue documenting the improved roads was issued in 1913 and then regularly from 1914-1925. No copies in Worldcat. C.S. Hammond & Co., Schum Bros., Stationers and Printers, unknown