Mexico: A Motor Trip Through Mexico by Editors of Automobile Club of Southern California - 1956

Los Angeles: Automobile Club of Southern California. Good in Good dust jacket. 1956. First Thus. Softcover. A unique piece of travel memorabilia and literature. AAA club pamphlet, inserted into a firm card binding w/tape spine, suitable for road trip use. The original cover is laid into the new binding. The first page is partially detached, the edges are worn with some short tears and creasing. No repair was done, the corner creases were straightened. General soil and light notations of costs, routes, sights, sounds and tastes throughout make this a wonderful example of early tourism to Mexico. Includes various accommodation options for 8 & 11 days with touring contact information and prices inside the cover. Booklet covers: Mex. 15; Mex 45; Mex.85; Mex.190; with important connecting routes. A Glance at the History of Mexico with information concerning telegrams and telephone calls and agricultural inspections. Conversion Tables including a rotary phone face, gallons to liters; kilometers to Miles; Money. Postal rates using centavos. Mexican road signs. First map with the route highlighted. MAPS: Tucson, AZ to Mexico, D.F. Via Nogales, Guaymas, Culican, Mazatlan, Guadalajara and Morelia, Mexico, pages 9-16. No highlights, light pencil; El Paso, TX to Mexico, D.F. via Chihuahua, Durango, Aguascalientes, Leon and Queretaro Mex. 45, Mex 71 and Mex 15. Pages 18-24: Del Rio and San Antonio, TX to Mexico, D.F. via Laredo, TX, Monterrrey, Ciudad Victoria, Tamazunchale, and Ixmiquilpan, Mexico. U.S. 277, US. 83, U.S. 81 and Mex. 85. Pages 26-29; Pages 30 & 31 are full page maps of Mexico D.F. And Mexico D.F. And vicinity; Mexico, D.F. to Ciudad Cuauhtemoc via Puebla, Huajuapan De Leon, Oaxaca De Juarez, Tehuantepec, Las Cruces and San Cristobal Las Casas, Mex. 190. Pages 33-36. Connecting Route reference table, MAPS pages 38-52. The balance of the booklet contains printed material and trip record. Printed material such as points of interest, accommodation etc., followed by insurance requirements, Spanish words and phrases, Holidays, dates of Local Fiestas, Toll information, time zone, Mileage Tables, etc., Record of Trip is partially used to date starting 12/18/56 and includes location, gas, oil, lodging, meals, Misc. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 87pp pages .