1923 SUPERB, ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AND PHOTOGRAPHIC RELIC OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY RAILROAD TRAVEL AND TOURING HOSTED BY DR. ROY ZACHARIAH THOMAS

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On offer is a superb, original manuscript and photographic relic of cross country train travel being the travel diary, photo and postcard album of a "Dr. Roy Zachariah Thomas, Coas t to Coast Tour on Rail" in 1923. Thomas was a noted Professor of Chemistry at Winthrop College in Rock Hill South Carolina. He also founded a travel tour company called Thomas Tours Inc. in 1920 and this large full book documents this guided trip from start to finish in superb style. The writer, while unidentified in name appears in one of the photos [Pike Peak Snowball photo], using white ink on the black album paper in a lovely calligraphic hand describes the trip in wonderful detail: Banff, Yellowstone, Colorado Springs, Salt lake City, Portland, Denver, Kansas City, etc. on the large 14 x 10 in pages. All told there are about 200 photos and postcards and most if not all with captions. There is an itinerary pasted in though one item removed beside it, likely a brochure, otherwise complete, and one end screw is missing from the little pole that goes through the book otherwise G+. HISTORICAL NOTES: From Winthrop College website: Dr. Roy Zachariah Thomas brought his family to Rock Hill when he assumed the position of professor of Chemistry at Winthrop College in 1914. The correspondence in the collections traces the growth of the Thomas family and the tour business, Thomas Tours, Inc., that Dr. Thomas founded in the 1920's.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, ROCK HILL SOUTH CAROLINA, DR. ROY ZACHARIAH THOMAS, TRAVEL BY RAIL, TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAVEL, RAILROADS, TRAINS, WINTHROP COLLEGE, TOURISM, GROUP TOURS, ROARING TWENTIES, ROARING 20S, AMERICANA, PHOTO ALBUM, PHOTOGRAPHS, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, AUTOGRAPHED, AUTHORS, AMERICANA, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUMENTS, SIGNED, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, HISTORICAL, HOLOGRAPH, WRITERS, AUTOGRAPHS, PERSONAL, MEMOIR, MEMORIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, ARCHIVE, DIARY, DIARIES, ANTIQUITÉ, CONTRAT, VÉLIN, DOCUMENT, MANUSCRIT, PAPIER ANTIKE, BRIEF, PERGAMENT, DOKUMENT, MANUSKRIPT, PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO, ATTO, VELINA, DOCUMENTO, MANOSCRITTO, CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD, HECHO, VITELA, DOCUMENTO, MANUSCRITO, PAPEL, Show more