Pictorial Mileage Road Book: California Edition 1915 ~ early motor travel ~ rare For Sale

The Pictorial Mileage Road Book: California Edition 1915
Motogram Company, Richmond California, 1915. " Compliments California Oil Supply Company" Flexible leatherette type covers with wear to covers; crack closed tear along board inside front cover; front blank endpaper partially detached (still attached); else as-is intact interior pages good. "California Vehicle Act Definitions" attached inside front cover booklet fold out (small pages front and back 11 panels); 304 pages with index to cities; loaded with photos with many maps. 1915 automobile touring guide to California, produced during the early era of motor travel. It is especially interesting as a historical road book because it documents California's roads, towns, distances, and travel conditions before the modern highway system. The pictorial format was intended to help motorists navigate routes using visual landmarks and road information;
2,000 actual photographs taken over the windshield of an automobile to show the road mile after mile as the driver saw it. Also great local business advertisements throughout (motels, garages, restaurants ... ) 9 3/8 inches x 6 1/4