| | Thumbnail | | Creator | Date | Title / Author / Date / Location | Price | | | Description |
| 5273 |  | Details | Beck, George W. | 1914 |
| Scarce map of the route of the Overland Westerners. |
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Beck, George W. |
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| 1914 |
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| $95.00 | Beck--George-W- | Scarce-map-of-the-route-of-the-Overland-Westerners- | Map ca. 1914 documenting a 20,352 mile horse-back ride across the United States (1912-1915) that visited the state capitols in each of the 48 contiguous states. Map on one panel of a an unused folding postcard with photographs of the four riders who made the journey: C. C. Beck, J. B. Ransom, G. W. Beck, and R. G. Rayne.
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The four riders set out from Shelton. Washington on May 1, 1912 and sold promotional calendars and postcard along the way to pay for their expenses. On May 24, 1915 the four reached their final state capitol at Sacramento, California and they ended the trip at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco on June 1, 1915. Unfolded the card measures 7" x 5.5". |