1954 SOCONY-VACUUM MOBILGAS Road Map CALIFORNIA ARIZONA Route 66 Los Angeles

Description

Handsome fold-out 1954 Mobil road map of California and Arizona, printed more than 65 years ago.
The map opens to 18" x 33" and has great detail on old highway alignments, including U.S. Route 66, with cartography by Rand McNally.
There are inset plans of Phoenix, Tucson, Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego.
The map was distributed by the General Petroleum Corporation, a Socony-Vacuum Company, in 1954 to promote its Mobilgas brand. It is dated by the code number in the lower margin: 4-513629V1-2. Population data is from the 1950 census.
The cover art features the company's distinctive flying red horse, and the legend of each map has attractive color artwork showing the state bird and state flower.
Condition:
This map is in very good, lightly used condition, with minor soil on the cover, faint wrinkling, and
no
marks or writing. Please see the scans and feel free to ask any questions.
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