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_Wonderland Reached by the Rio Grande_ 1922 scenic photo book - $20 (south downtown Indpls)
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Published by The Smith-Brooks Printing Co. for the Van Noy Inter-State Company, Denver, 1922.
Oblong folio. 40pp. Textured brown wrappers, gilt titles front cover, saddle-stitched. Very minor shelf wear, lightly-bumped corners. Very good. Beautifully illustrated promotional viewbook highlighting majestic scenery across Colorado and Utah in the early 20th century. Amazingly deep and sharp large (8x11) photographs. with some showing automobile travel along the highway. Locations pictured include Colorado Springs and Pike's Peak, the Mount of the Holy Cross, the Rapids and the Hanging Lake near Glenwood Springs, Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park, Toltec Gorge, Bryce Canyon, Mount Timpanogos, the Devil's Curve, Isabelle Glacier, Clear Creek Canyon, Sensation Point, Wild Cat Point, Bear Creek, and others. Early 20th-century technology encroaching on the grandeur of the American West.