Californie

1914 · 63332 — Los Angeles CA: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Western Lithograph Co. 1914. 4to. 4 pp unpaginated. printed in sepia on yellow-tinted paper in double-columns photo illustrated throughout w/ woodcut borders. Self-printed photo-illustrated softcovers slight dustsoiling very minor shelfwear VG copy. First edition of this very scarce Los Angeles CA land promotion with back cover exclaiming over how the American Medical Association in their 1911 meeting determined that it was “the ideal climate for the aged and feeble and for those who are predisposed to tuberculosis and such diseases.†Of additional interest is the plug for automobile travel and the “Good Roads†movement exclaiming not only how Los Angeles and California had the second-highest rate of auto ownership behind New York during the Brass Era but also that there were hundreds of miles of newly completed well-paved roads with segue to promotion of the forthcoming Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco and the Panama-California International Exposition in San Diego. No copies in Worldcat. Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, Western Lithograph Co., paperback