Sale 2459 - Rare & Important Travel Posters, October 26, 2017

EDWARD CAMY (1904-1958) 235 c A GOOD - NATURED MAP OF ALASKA / “THE ALASKA LINE.” 1934. 22x29 1 / 4 inches, 56x74 1 / 4 cm. Farwest Lithograph & Printing Co., Seattle. Condition B+: tears, tape-repaired tears and light staining at edges; loss in upper left image and at edges; creases and minor abrasions in margins and image; tape on verso. Paper. This map, aimed at the tourist market in Alaska, “shows various shipping routes of the Alaska Line, which had a near-monopoly at that time onmaritime transportation in the region. It also shows key interconnecting routes such as the Alaska Railroad, White Pass and Yukon Railroad, and Richardson Highway. The Alaska Steamship Company, known informally as the Alaska Line, was formed in 1894 by a group of frontier businessmen. Initially intended to service the fishing industry and passenger traffic, by 1898 and the onset the previous year of the Klondike Gold Rush the line was focused on transiting prospectors and mining cargos” ( https://www.wdl.org/en/item/13499/) . with - original shipping tube. [700/1,000] 235 236