Handsome fold-out 1963 Tidewater Oil Company road map of the Pacific Southwest, printed more than 57 years ago.

• This map opens to 18" x 27" and has great detail on old highway alignments, including U.S. Route 66, with cartography by H.M. Gousha.



• The coverage area includes California, Nevada, and western Arizona.



• There's a road map of Los Angeles and vicinity on the reverse side, as well as inset plans of San Francisco, Sacramento, and San Diego.



• The map was distributed by the Tidewater Oil Company in 1963 to promote its Flying A gasoline and is dated in the legend. The code number in the lower margin is 10-KK. There's an ad for Tidewater's credit card on the back cover.



• The front cover has a neat rubber-stamp imprint from Cakebread's Garage in Oakland, California. Ten years after this map was printed garage owner Jack Cakebread bought a farm in Rutherford and turned it into one of Napa Valley's cult-favorite wineries — Cakebread Cellars.



• Condition:  This map is in excellent condition, bright and clean, with no rips, tears, or writing. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.



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