El Monte California Gay’s Lion Farm c.1925 near LA rare pocket brochure movies Mercury Bay Early 19th century engraved coastal

Early 19th century engraved coastal map

Fine oversize late 19th century lithographed map

With large detailed inset maps of Tasmania (bottom left) and New Zealand (bottom right)

Volume 1 (only) but contents complete unto themselves and stand alone

Paris by Onfroy

El Monte California Gay’s Lion Farm c.1925 near LA rare pocket brochure movies Mercury Bay Early 19th century engraved coastalGays Lion Farm. The Only Lion Farm in the World. (until Tiger King came along?). El Monte, California. Issued printed c. 1920s, L. A. by C S Hutson. Note the early motion picture camera men filming! Small custom self promotional map locating park area within roads around El Monte. Scarce early California private amusement park brochure. The type of small, thin, ephemeral paper item which survives by mere random luck. Overall clean, slight crease at