Pennsylvania Tour to Mexico, Affording Four Weeks in the Land of the Aztecs by , Pennsylvania Railroad Company - 2017-04-21

Paperback / softback. New.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

[Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott, Printers, n. d. (ca 1891)]., 1891. First edition. First and only edition. Approximately 6 x 7.5 inches, 58 pp, with illustrations in the text, folding route map. Bound in original cream wrappers with embossed Mexican shield. In 1891, the Pennsylvania Railroad established a new Tourist Department and launched a program of offering "personally conducted," full-service tours for cross-country rail travelers. They promised "high-grade accommodations and entertainment in transit," "tourist agents especially selected for their ability and experience," and chaperons who will "remove every impediment that would deter a timid woman from undertaking a journey alone." After conducting successful tours to the Pacific Coast, they set their sights on Mexico, offering here a four-week itinerary (including stops within the U.S) scheduled for February-March, 1892, that took travelers with stops in Mexico City, Puella, Chihuahua,… Read More