L. W. Currey, Inc.

CAMP CURRY. Curry's Yosemite automobile road guide [cover title]. [Yosemite National Park, California: Camp Curry, 1918.]. Single sheet, 46 x 60 cm, folded to make 24 panels, printed in yellow green and black, 7 photographs, 1 drawing (duplicated on outer panels), 2 maps. Promotional brochure that includes a large-scale map of the central Sierra Nevada with roads and points of interest titled: "Curry's Yosemite -- Sierra Automobile Road Guide ... Compiled and Copyrighted by Parker Map Co. Los Angeles, Cal." The smaller map is "Yosemite Valley." The larger map includes small inset maps of Lake Tahoe, Modesto, Merced, Fresno and Bakersfield. Other printings have be noted for seasons of 1917, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924 and 1926. Most, if not all, of the Curry automobile guides probably were prepared by David A. Curry's son, Foster. Closed tears along several folds and intersections, chip from bottom edge of one panel affecting several words of text and part of an illustration on the verso, a good copy. (#168513).