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Carlisle Library : Map 105
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Trade card, folded, uncoloured engraving, advertising Townson's Salutation Hotel, Ambleside, Westmorland, about 1870s.
The cover has a print of the hotel and a map; the reverse has local itineraries and a timetable for steam yachts.
The map includes an area from Keswick to Bowness-on-Windermere, scale about 8 miles to 1 inch; the same map has been found on other trade cards.
   Trade Card Maps 1860s-90s
inscription:- printed print, bottom
TOWNSON'S SALUTAION HOTEL / AMBLESIDE. / FOR FAMILIES AND TOURISTS.
map feature:- up is N & rivers & lakes & relief & hill hachuring & parks & county & settlements & roads & railways
wxh, folded:- 7.5x10cm
wxh, unfolded:- 22x10cm
wxh, print:- 9x5cm

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