SOUTH VIA THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD. WITHOUT CHANGE AND WITH SPEED UNRIVALED [cover title].

Louisville, KY: Courier-Journal Job Rooms Print, [1880?]. Single sheet, 60 x 75 cm., folded in 24 panels to 21 x 10 cm. Front and rear covers printed in orange and black occupy two panels, six panels of timetables, eight panels on Mammoth Cave (with illustrations by E.H. Thomas Co., Louisville), eight panels on various routes with pullman cars and general railroad information. One of the panels on Mammoth Cave mentions W.S. Miller as Proprietor of the Cave Hotel. [Miller managed the hotel from 1876-1881, helping to date this piece.] Map on verso titled "MAP OF THE UNITED STATES SHOWING THE LOUISVILLE AND NASHVILLE RAILROAD AND ITS PRINCIPAL CONNECTIONS." Small inset map of South Florida and Cuba in the lower right corner. Breaks along folds, some small chips along edges, a tender copy. One upper panel with about a 2 x 2 inch paper defect on outer edge, affecting a small portion of the neat line and a couple of letters in the word "Lake" over Lake Superior. Item #70869

Price: $450.00