Agate Beach Land Company - c. 1910
Mackey, Samuel P. and Frank A. Knapp. AGATE BEACH. Agate Beach Land Co. Promotional souvenir brochure. Portland, OR: Agate Beach Land Co., 212 & 213 Board of Trade, Made by Glass & Prudhomme Co., c. 1910. 16mo. 3.25 x 5.5 in., 32 pp (unpaginated). Accordion-style, which opens up into 16 panels 27.25 in. long, by 5.5 in., w/ photo illust. on front cover, w/ 6 photo illustrations. VG copy designed to be mailed as postcard mailer. First edition of this very scarce land promotion prospectus for the Agate Beach Land Co. which was building a 630 acre real estate development and resort on the Oregon Coast with daily bus service and automobile trips from nearby Newport, OR. The two developers built a 42-room hotel, erected stores, and boarding houses, and were selling lots of 50 x 100 feet, and erecting summer vacation cottages. The images in this prospectus show the newly graded boulevard, a completed farm house, the sweeping views, bathing grounds, and the light house. There are two different versions of this real estate piece, this being the earlier version with photos of the surroundings, and the potential. Worldcat locates 2 copies of this edition.