Covers : Coast to Coast
From California to Connecticut viewbooks represent a place’s attempt to put its best foot forward, to describe itself in its own time and to place itself in the greater context of the American landscape. That polished view begins with each viewbook's cover. As the selection of covers below shows, color and typography are two important tools at the publisher's disposal. Most viewbooks were otherwise printed in black and white, so it was up to the cover to draw the reader in. It was not uncommon for publishers to issue the same viewbook with several different covers, encouraging sales and experimenting with the packaging -- literally and figuratively -- of place.
Picturesque Honolulu, Hawaii : Sixteen Beauty Spots in Colors. [Honolulu, Hawaii], [between 1920 and 1930?].
AA735 H75 P589 S
Views of Oakland Berkeley and Alameda California. San Francisco, [1900?].
AA735 Oa5 V6793 S
San Francisco. San Francisco, Calif., [between 1890 and 1899?].
AA735 Sa52 Sa52 S
Souvenir of Salt Lake City, Utah. Salt Lake City, Utah, [between 1900 and 1909?].
AA735 Sa34 So893 S
Frey, Charles. Views of Long Branch and Hollywood. Portland, Me., [between 1875 and 1895?].
AA735 L783 F897 S
Blyther, T. Roger. A pictorial souvenir of Tuscon, Arizona. [Tuscon, Arizona?], 1945.
AA735 T87 B63
San Diego and Coronado : the premier watering place of the Pacific Coast. Toronto, [between 1900 and 1909?].
AA735 Sa545 Sa5454 S
Detroit the beautiful. Grand Rapids, Mich., [between 1900 and 1909?].
AA735 D48 D487 S
Charles Cutter & Sons. Cutter's souvenir of Mobile, Alabama. [Mobile, Alabama?], 1906.
AA735 M71 C98 S
Ward Brothers. Souvenir album of Denver Colorado. Denver, Colo., 1890.
AA735 D43 W21 S
Smith-Brooks Co. Illustrated souvenir of Topeka, Kansas. Denver, Colo., [between 1900 and 1909?].
AA735 T62 Sm51 S
Hibbing Minnesota and the Iron Ore Mines. Chicago, Ill., 1953.
AA735 H52 H52 S
Milwaukee. Milwaukee, Wis., [between 1900 and 1909?].
AA735 M59 M59 S
Album of Beautiful Colored Views of Dallas, Texas. Dallas, Texas, [1910?].
AA735 D1 AL15 S
Chicago : the city beautiful. Chicago, Ill., [between 1940 and 1949?].
AA735 C4 C4345 S
Glimpses of Camden : on the coast of Maine. Newtonville, Mass., 1916.
AA735 C145 G495 S
Souvenir book of East Northfield, Mass. [Massachusetts?], [between 1900 and 1909?].
AA735 N815 So894 S
Edmund J. Carpenter. Provincetown : the tip of the cape. [Massachusetts?], 1900.
AA735 P949 P949 S
Richmond, Virginia and historic surroundings. New York, [between 1900 and 1909?].
AA735 R41 R415 S
Souvenir of Charleston. Charleston, S.C., [between 1900 and 1909?].
AA735 C3 So88 S