New York City Up Town

New York: Geo. P. Hall & Son, 1904. Very good. Ten loose cards in an original envelope; cards with monochrome images and captions to recto, text to verso - 4 1/2 x 7 1/4; very minor wear - in near fine or better condition; pictorial lithographed envelope with a closed split along one edge and top flap perished - in good condition.The American Sight-Seeing Car and Coach Co. was an early 20th-century company, which offered guided bus tours in major U.S. cities (New York, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, Boston, etc.), using large open-top buses (charabancs) for sightseeing. The current promotional views included Central Park, Columbia University, the MET, the Plaza, and so on - with short descriptions to versos. The latter also included brief advertisements for Singer Sewing Machines.