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Beikoku tetsudō ryokō annai

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Description: Detailed travel guide for first time Japanese travelers to the United States rail system. Discusses the importance of creating an itinerary, train facilities, how to book tickets, luggage, railway routes and fares. At the time of this publication, the Nippon Yūsen Kabushiki-kaisha (NYK) ran regular shipping routes to San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle via Honolulu, and the West Coast is clearly meant as a starting point for travels.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: Shōwa 7 [1932.]
Call number: 647515
Provenance: Purchased from Asia Bookroom, April 2019.
Dimensions: 19 cm
Associated organization: Nihon Yūsen Kabushiki Kaisha,

[Hawai Honoruru annai]

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Tourist brochure featuring a town plan of Honolulu. Town plan is bordered by photographic illustrations showing the attractions each with accompanying text in Japanese and English. Advertisements, some illustrated, on reverse. All other text in Japanese only. Published by the Aala Automotive Union which operated sightseeing tours around 1930. This brochure was often issued along with a sample itinerary "Aara Jidōsha Kumiai" to Japanese passengers upon arrival to Honolulu.

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Log book of the Red Star Line S.S. Belgenland world cruise

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Log book, with itinerary, passenger list, weekly abstract of log, printed descriptions of places, and hand-written accounts of stops on the trip. Contains numerous items laid-in or mounted on pages: port itineraries, postcards, souvenir brochures, seat and luggage tickets and other maritime-related ephemera and memorabilia. A small number of letters are also laid-in. The log book appears to have been printed by the American Express Company Cruise Department which jointly operated the world cruises with the Red Star Line.

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Sanfuranshisuko annai

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Pocket size tourist guide to San Francisco for Japanese visitors published by the Japanese Accommodation Union. The beginning of the guide reassures visitors that anti-Japanese sentiments do not exist in San Francisco. The guide also covers transportation and major tourist attractions. Includes numerous listings and advertisements for Japanese community organizations and businesses in the area.

653638

Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. 1831

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Image of two eye-level side views of two passenger trains of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway depicted in 1831: the top panel contains a steam locomotive labeled "Jupiter" with a 2-2-0 wheel arrangement, tender, and set of enclosed passenger cars filled with travelers and luggage with a rocky landscape in the background; the lower panel contains a steam locomotive labeled "North Star" with a 2-2-0 wheel arrangement, tender with water barrel, and set of open passenger cars filled with passengers, with a green countryside in the background.

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A new map of Texas Oregon and California : with the regions adjoining ; compiled from the most recent authorities

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This map apparently came from Mitchell's guidebook. Originally made in 1845, this edition clearly shows the Gold Region but lacks clarity for most state boundaries. Submaps: Map of the Maritime and Overland Routes to California; Map of the Gold and Quicksilver District of California. MS note: from 41388. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: hachures. Projection: Pseudocylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.

41388

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Correspondence - Nick Williams

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Approx. 15 items: letters, most from Stickell to Nick B. Williams (long-time LAT top Editor who retired in 1971), and a smaller number originating with Williams. They were clearly both business associates and friends.

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