Vintage
booklet promoting Gray Line
Motor Coach Tours of New York City, published more than 90 years ago.
- The booklet measures
9" x
8"
and has 16 pages of descriptive text, with dozens of black-and-white
photographs
of the city's landmarks and attractions.
- The front and rear covers open to a wide-angle view of
the tip of lower Manhattan. Images inside include views of the Tombs
Prison, the Ghetto, Washington
Mews, Columbia University Library, Wall Street, the Holland Tunnel,
Chinatown, and Luna Park at Coney Island.
- All tours originated from the Union Motor Coach Terminal
at Herald Square,
and among the tours offered were Upper New York, Lower New York, Gayest
New York,
Coney Island-Chinatown, and Long Island Circle.
- There's a full-page letter of welcome from New York City
Mayor Jimmy Walker, dated
February 3, 1930.
- The booklet is titled Seeing New
York: The Most Comprehensive Sight-Seeing Service in New York
City, and the photos are copyrighted ©
Ewing Galloway.
- Condition: This booklet is in very good, lightly
used
condition, bright and clean, with no rips, tears,
or writing. It folds to 9" x 4", and there's a neat rubber-stamp
imprint on the cover from the Consolidated Bus Ticket Office. Please
see the scans
and feel free to ask any questions.
- Buy with confidence! We are always happy to combine
shipping on the
purchase of multiple items — just make sure to pay for everything
at one time, not individually.
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