DRIVE US 66 Los Angeles to Chicago 1948 Vintage Map Booklet Brochure Scenic West

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Vintage brochure:
"Drive US 66 Shortest, Fastest Year-round Best Across the Scenic West
Los Angeles to Chicago and Chicago to Los Angeles" c. 1948
8" x 9" - unpaginated
U.S. Highway 66 is one of the best known highways in the United States, certainly in the West. Movies have been made along it, and books have been written about it. This brochure advertises the best trip across the West! Drive U.S. 66 All the Way.
The approximately 1,700 mile route can be seen in full in this brochure
, issued in 1948 to 1950's by the U.S. 66 Highway Association.
Each double page
presents a simple narrow map of the highway through the respective states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois. Distances are noted between points along the route, while the upper and lower portions of the pages contain quality photographs of places of interest.
The last page includes a transcontinental mileage chart
and a quick overview of the benefits of taking Route 66 vs. other highways.
Printed in Oklahoma City
by Southwestern Stationary and Bank Supply, Inc.
One small spot on the back cover, some wear along the edges and a slight soft bend in the lower left corner throughout.
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