1905 White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad brochure Alaska, RARE in this condition

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1905 White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad brochure Alaska, RARE in this condition
A nice early April 1905 White Pass & Yukon Route railroad brochure that folds out into a wonderful, colorful, map. The map side is divided into two parts. The left side shows a highly detailed map of the Glacier bay, Skagway, Atlin region, north to Dawson at the top. The main part of the map shows Tacoma to the top of Alaska. The rectangular inset at the bottom is a "Map of the Tanana District showing T. M. R. R. and Creeks in Vicinity of Chena and Fairbanks" at a scale of 5 miles to the inch. The map is in fine condition. It folds out to be 27 1/2 X 16 inches, and is very colorful. The scan of the whole map doesn't show the true color; the blue is more of a greenish blue, and not so contrasty. The front cover scanned a little brighter and more contrasty than it really is. The other scans show the true colors. This brochure is rare because it does NOT have the brown mottling around the borders of the map that one always sees in this April 1905 issue. The brown mottled maps were presumably factory rejects that were set aside by WP&YR in Skagway and never used; this one was not a reject, however, and is pristine and of excellent printing quality.
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