L. W. Currey, Inc.

WAWONA HOTEL COMPANY. Mariposa Grove of Big Trees the most famous Big Trees in the world, only six miles by automobile road from Hotel Wawona [cover title]. [San Francisco, Cal. Janssen Litho Co 533 Mission St], n.d. [circa 1918-1920]. Single sheet, 27.8x43 cm, folded to make four panels. 9 illustrations, 1 map. Printed in orange and black. Advertising flyer promoting the hotel and its new annex, swimming pool and nine-hole golf course. The form letter printed on page three is dated 22 April 1920, addressed to a prospective guest, "Mr. S. H. Woodruff, Pacific Union Club, San Francisco, Cal.," and signed by manager C. A. Washburn. Map shows automobile routes and milage from San Francisco and Los Angeles to Wawona. In 1911 Clarence Washburn "at the age of twenty-five ... became assistant manager of the Wawona Hotel, and, after his father's death in 1917, manager. Under his direction, two hotel buildings, a golf course, airport, and swimming pool were added for the enjoyment of guests" (Sargent, Yosemite and Its Innkeepers, p. 113). Old horizontal mailing folds, a very good copy. (#168917).