Polk's Seattle Street and Avenue Guide
Seattle: Polk's, 1909. First Thus. Printed wrappers. Small 8vo. Pp. 204, including covers. Bound in stiff paper wraps with cloth spine. Edgewear and soiling, along with previous owner name, address and notes on inside rear cover. Good. Item #13496 Today? It's a handy vehicle for armchair-time travel to Seattle during its triumphant Alaska Yukon Pacific Exposition. With intriguing ads for artificial limbs (perhaps servicing the logging industry); Rhodes Department Store, when they were still selling Native American artifacts from the Northwest Coast, etc.
A vest pocket guide for the visitor or new arrival to Seattle who might be unfamiliar with the mnemonic trigger "Jesus Christ Made Seattle Under Protest"
Price: $40.00