Name/Title
"TOURING TOPICS," NOVEMBER 1929Entry/Object ID
2004.85.1.1Description
Color: Black; Blue; Brown; Orange; White
"Touring Topics," November 1929, published by The Automobile Club of Southern California. On the front cover is the publication title and date at the top. Below is a painting of sea gulls at Point Lobos. At the bottom are titles of three articles in the issue and the cover price. Near the date is the remnants of a mailing label. Contents include an editor's page; editorial; a rotogravure section; and articles on the Bodie mining town; an account of the transcontinental stage line by William and George Banning; a memoir of "The Spanish-Californians" by prominent Californio and jurist Ygnacio Sepulveda; an article on the Mojave River; a biographical sketch of an explorer and artist; an anthrolpological account of native California Indians; material on the coyote; an article on space from observations at the Mount Wilson Observatory; a review of California-related books; and others. Automobile-related advertisements are throughout and there is a reference section of automobile-related areas, such as service stations, hotels, and district offices of the Auto Club, at the back. With spine rubbing; cover creases, soiling, small losses, moisture damage, stains, staple tarnish, and small tears; and page yellowing and browning, water damage, and stains along the bottom of pages, the overall condition is good.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Periodicals, Automobile Club of Southern California, The, Tourist trade--California, Southern, Automobiles--California, Southern, Biography, California--History