WONDERLAND REACHED BY THE RIO GRANDE "THE SCENIC LINE OF THE WORLD" A SOUVENIR ALBUM CONTAINING FORTY VIEWS OF COLORADO AND UTAH SCENERY

Denver: The Smith-Brooks Printing Co. for the Van Noy Inter-State Company, 1922. [40]pp. Oblong folio. Publisher's textured brown wrappers, gilt titles on front cover, saddle-stitched. Minor shelf wear, lightly-bumped corners, a few creased. Very good. A superbly-illustrated promotional viewbook highlighting majestic scenery across Colorado and Utah in the early 20th century. A great number of the substantially-sized photographs feature a group of people in an automobile travelling along the highway. Locations pictured in the book include Colorado Springs and Pike's Peak, the Mount of the Holy Cross, the Rapids and the Hanging Lake near Glenwood Springs, Cliff Palace in Mesa Verde National Park, Toltec Gorge, Bryce Canyon, Mount Timpanogos, the Devil's Curve, Isabelle Glacier, Clear Creek Canyon, Sensation Point, Wild Cat Point, Bear Creek, and others. An interesting juxtaposition of 20th-century technology encroaching on the grandeur of the American West. (Inventory #: WRCAM53394)