Southern California's Golden Coast & Sunshine Empire 1953 w/ Pictographic Map

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Southern California's Golden Coast and Sunshine Empire.
San Bernardino, CA. Roads to Romance Assn. 1953. Color pictorial / pictographic map. This is a brightly colored and highly decorative bird's eye view style map looking north east from the Pacific Ocean at the Mexico - California border. Contemporary sites are marked, including a white skyscraper marking Los Angeles and activities such as surfing at La Jolla and golfing on Santa Catalina are denoted with little figures. Vignettes decorate the border. Color map "Roads to Romance Road Map", color photo illustrations and information on the tourist sites on verso of map. Claude Putnam’s was map originally published in 1946 here embellished with a plain decorative border. It is a multiple fold brochure as issued, 22” x 35” unfurled folding to 8 3/4 x 3 1/2 inches in near mint condition.
One very small pin hole sized split under the word California in the banner.