[Birds' Eye-View With Description] Twentieth Century Boston--The Best City In The United States To Live In, To Do Business In And To Visit Lettig, W.T. And A.F. Poole Advertising,Americana,Ephemera,Maps

[Birds' Eye-view with Description] Twentieth Century Boston--the Best City in the United States to Live in, to do Business in and to Visit. W.T. Lettig and A.F. Poole, copyright 1907, published by City of Boston Publicity and Information Bureau. 22 x 36.25 inches. Bird's-eye view printed on a thin tissue-like paper in black and red. Older taped repairs at folds on verso. Several additional minor tears at folds; light soiling and very light edgewear. Previous folds. Will ship folded. Good Condition. Striking and apparently uncommon bird's-eye view promotional poster published in 1907 by the City of Boston Publicity and Information Bureau. Copyright is credited to W.T. Lettig and A.F. Poole. Classic chamber of commerce language touting Boston as the best place to live, work, and recreate. Includes blurbs on Boston's attributes as a manufacturing center, shoe, leather and hide center, port city, and convention city. As the subtitle claims, " Best City in the United States to Live in, to do Business in and to Visit." Verso is blank. We find four copies held by institutions yet none in Massachusetts; NY Public Library, Yale, Smithsonian and Michigan.