L. W. Currey, Inc.

(California; Marin County; Mt. Tamalpais) Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway. MT. TAMALPAIS CALIFORNIA MT. TAMALPAIS & MUIR WOODS RAILWAY [cover title]. [San Francisco]: Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway, [1917]. Single sheet, 23x82.4 cm, folded to make 16 panels, 23x10.3 cm. 7 illustrations from photographs, including 2 on outer panels, 1 birdseye view. Imprint: "POOLE BROS. CHICAGO" at the bottom edge of last panel. Advertising brochure printed in orange and black with a four-panel birdseye view from the summit of Mt. Tamalpais measuring 9 x 16 inches, copyright 1917, and a six-panel photographic panorama of the mountain from the tavern and summit on the left to San Francisco and the south Bay on the right. The photographic panorama was probably made by California photographer Theodore Clemens Wohlbrück (1879–1936). "The Mount Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway was a scenic tourist railway operating between Mill Valley and the east peak of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California, covering a distance of 8.19 miles (13.18 km), with a 2.88 mile (4.63 km) spur line to the Muir Woods. The railroad was incorporated in January 1896, and closed in the summer of 1930 ... Billed as the 'Crookedest Railroad in the World,' the line was renowned for its steep and serpentine route, winding through picturesque terrain to a mountaintop tavern providing first-class hospitality and panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay Area. Despite its popularity, the railway met its demise following a fire in 1929, and dwindling ridership when the automobile could finally drive to Tamalpais' summit" (Wikipedia). Rocq (1970) 5009. Some wear and creasing to outer panels, several folds rubbed, a good copy. (#167158).

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