Fred a Routledge (2 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Second Edition. Small 4to. Pp. 144. Frontis. color photo reproduction. Illustrated with twenty-five additional color plates, one folding out, and numerous black & white halftone photo reproductions. Gray cloth, titles and illustration stamped in green, white and brown on the cover. Just a hint of wear: a bright, fresh copy. Signed by the author on the front free endpaper: "Samuel C. Lancaster / Highway Engr. / June - 1917" Dedicated to Samuel Hill in the foreword. A history of the region and the road by the highway consulting engineer who helped find and survey the route, then supervised construction carrying a camera and the recently commercialized color photo plates "that I might be ready when God painted the pictures." SMITH, 5668. Fred A. Routledge (cover design) (illustrator). Signed.…

Condition: Very Good. This gorgeous print details the Columbia River Highway from the Pacific Coast to The Dalles region of Oregon as a coloured relief map, projecting southward along the coastal mountain ranges, with Mount Shasta, California, visible in distance. The bottom left of the print presents about 2 dozen snapshots of the breathtaking scenery along the Historic Columbia River Highway.This is uncommon promotional literature for the City of Portland and the recently opened scenic Columbia River Highway., Image Size : 507x797 (mm), 19.96x31.38 (Inches), Platemark Size : , Paper Size : 560x839 (mm), 22.05x33.03 (Inches), Printed in Color with Some Hand Coloring, Offset Printing.…