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MacNair's Motorway Series: The SCENIC MOTORWAY: A Motor Tour De Luxe featuring New York to Montreal, P.Q., Berkshires & Adirondacks, Green & White Mountains, The New England Coast and the Mohawk Trail.

  • ARTIST: Henry MacNair

  • PUBLISHER: Arranged and published by Henry MacNair

  • MEDIUM: Color offset

    DATE: 1916

  • EDITION SIZE: Oblong pamphlet, 10 1/2 x 4" (26.7 x 10.4 cm)

  • DESCRIPTION: 80 pages, total 37 maps. Overall maps then focused strip maps plus detailed directions and advertisements (with personal details) for local hotels. <br><br>A period advertisement sums this useful guide book as “The Scenic Motorway. The latest claimant to motoring favor is a little touring booklet describing the “Scenic Motorway,” which covers seven States and a part of Canada. This tour, arranged by Henry MacNair, former editor of the Blue Book, features the New York-Montreal run, the Berkshires, Adirondacks, Green and White mountains, and the famous New England coast. The information in the booklet is given in tabloid form and there are forty full-page maps each representing about 40 miles of road. Copies of the booklet may be obtained by motorists from the principal travel and resort bureaus, automobile clubs and hotels, or from the Scenic Motorway Headquarters at 337 Fifth Avenue, New York.”<br>A fascinating work to read.

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  • CONDITION: Overall in very good condition.

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