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1913 · Best.-Nr. 2334 — Portsmouth VA: Seaboard Air Line Railway 1913. EPHEMERA MAP RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION. Center-fold Map: Map of the Sea Board Airline Railway and Connections with inset Seaboard Air Line in Florida Buffalo N.Y.: The Matthews Northrup Works 1913. 16 ½ x 9 1/8" centerfold map. 9 1/8" x 4 ¼" tall oblong bifold pamphlet; 38pp; wrapper printed in red and black and features the cities served by the rail line; 2 staple binding; train time tables printed in black; center map; 2 b&w photographic illustrations; ad for cattle raising in the south titled "Why the South Grows"; lightly age-toned edges small pencil scribble on rear; near fine. This date and publisher not found in OCLC. An interesting railway pamphlet advertising the rail routes with the timetable. The company advertises "The Shortest Line from New York to Southern Resorts" with a line called Seaboard Florida Limited traveling from "New York to Palm Beach Hotels with Only One Night Out" and "Four Hours Quickest Time New York to Tampa and the West Coast Florida." They also offered service from Florida to Cuba and steamship connections from several cities along the east coast. Two of the special trips offered were the "Homeseekers Excursions from Washington" traveling to North and South Carolina Georgia Alabama and Florida; and "Personally Conducted Tours via Pennsylvania R.R. New York to Pinehurst and Florida". [Seaboard Air Line Railway] unknown books