PUBLISHER: Mount Hope Bridge Corporation
MEDIUM: Color lithograph
DATE: 1939
EDITION SIZE: Image 17 1/8 x 25 3/8" (43.5 x 64.4 cm)
DESCRIPTION: A charming pictorial map extending from Bristol and Newport east to Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard showing "historic shrines, quaint villages, improved highways, delightful byways, ocean bathing, fishing, boating, sports, hospitality, and other summer attractions that only maritime New England can offer..." The text indicates that these activities are enabled by the one-mile Mount Hope Bridge, connecting Bristol to points east. Filled with illustrations on both land and water along with historical notes. Includes burgee's of yacht clubs that are located within the map. The verso contains a smaller pictorial map of Newport’s Famous Ten Mile Drive, a map showing all the major roads in southern New England and a small map of the whole of Narragansett Bay..<br><br> Arranged by John Haley, RI Historian; Designed by H. W. Hetherington; Lithographed by the J.C. Hall Company, Providence, RI
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CONDITION: Good condition and color.
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