Sunshine, Fruit And Flowers. Santa Clara County, California / (Title Page) Santa Clara County And Its Resources. Historical. - Descriptive - Statistical. A Souvenir Of The San Jose Mercury - 1895

San Jose Mercury

Publication: San Jose Mercury Publishing and Printing Co, 1895, San Jose

First edition in bright, colorful pictorial cardstock. 319 (6) pgs. Map frontis. 939 photo plates and illustrations. Introduction by Chas. M. Shortridge, editor of the Sane Jose Daily and Weekly Mercury. Index. Sales prospectus tipped in. A fantastic and lavish California land promotional directed to the tourist and the potential settler. Hundreds of photographs with extended descriptions detail the growth, agriculture, industries, and housing developments of San Jose, Palo Alto, Stanford, Berryessa, Sunnyvale, Gilroy, Los Gatos, Mayfield and Los Altos at the close of the 19th century. Light soiling and with light wear to extremities. Very good. A beautiful presentation.

Inventory Number: 49022