Seaboard Air Line Railway, December 1913
[Portsmouth, VA]: [Seaboard Air Line Railway], 1913. [EPHEMERA] [MAP] [RAILROAD] [TRANSPORTATION]. Center-fold Map: Map of the Sea Board Airline Railway and Connections, with inset Seaboard Air Line in Florida, Buffalo [N.Y.]: The Matthews Northrup Works, [1913].
(16 ½ x 9 1/8”) centerfold map.
(9 1/8” x 4 ¼”) tall oblong bifold pamphlet; 38pp; wrapper printed in red and black and features the cities served by the rail line; 2 staple binding; train time tables printed in black; center map; 2 b&w photographic illustrations; ad for cattle raising in the south titled “Why the South Grows”; lightly age-toned edges, small pencil scribble on rear; near fine. This date and publisher not found in OCLC. Item #2334
An interesting railway pamphlet advertising the rail routes with the timetable. The company advertises “The Shortest Line from New York to Southern Resorts” with a line called Seaboard Florida Limited traveling from “New York to Palm Beach Hotels with Only One Night Out” and “Four Hours Quickest Time New York to Tampa and the West Coast [Florida].” They also offered service from Florida to Cuba and steamship connections from several cities along the east coast. Two of the special trips offered were the “Homeseekers Excursions from Washington,” traveling to North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Florida; and “Personally Conducted Tours via Pennsylvania R.R. New York to Pinehurst and Florida”.
Price: $175.00