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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
GEORGE ALFRED WILLIAMS (1875-1932)
MAY CENTURY / FOREIGN TRAVEL NUMBER. 1901.
19 1/4x14 inches, 49x35 1/2 cm. Condition B+: losses in right corners; small loss in lower left corner; minor tears at edges; hinged at top to mat. Paper. Matted.
Fully outfitted tourists admire a pastiche of exotic European sights, including the pyramids, Sphinx, Mt. Etna, Greek ruins and more. An exceptional early American poster extolling the sights and antiquities of the Old World and helping plant the idea of tourism into the American psyche. Frequently misdated as 1896, the Century May "Foreign Travel Number" edition was issued in May, 1901. That issue contained such stories as "Breakfast in Naples," "Out-of-the-Way Places in the Orient," "A Recovered City of Alexander the Great," and "A Missionary Journey in China."
