Der neue Nordwesten : Oregon und Washington Territory, mit einer Karte und zehn Bildern, zur Belehrung fur Auswanderer .
Chicago: J. M. B. Jones Stationary und Printing Co., 1883. Paperback. A copy unrecorded on OCLC. An immigration promotional pamphlet encouraging German migration to Oregon by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company & the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company. An 1882 edition is recorded as OCLC: 28178899, citing 3 copies at Princeton, Yale & Washington State Univ. Although OCLC states 11 prints, the Princeton copy available on Hathi Trust has 10 plates identical to this copy, in different positions. The cover is different and typesetting differs on both covers. Price 25 cents on both covers. With the stamp of Mr. C. A. Voigt of Leipzig, an agent for Norddeutschen Lloyd.
The prints of Portland, Seattle, Walla Walla and Astoria are designed to impress the prospective immigrant with the lush beauty and commercial viability of the area.
8vo, 24 cm, 32 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves, 1 folded color map. The map with some closed corner separations, sml. closed tear in margin of back wrapper, in very good condition overall, complete with the original tissue paper wrapper (sml. tear upper right corner). Very good overall. Item #26827
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