El Monte California Gay’s Lion Farm c.1925 near LA rare pocket brochure movies Mercury Bay Late 18th century engraved frontispiece

Late 18th century engraved frontispiece

Fine oversize late 19th century lithographed map

Early 19th century engraved coastal map

Scarce early copper engraved map with original outline hand coloring (note the green verdigris lines showing on reverse of map which confirm paint age)

El Monte California Gay’s Lion Farm c.1925 near LA rare pocket brochure movies Mercury Bay Late 18th century engraved frontispieceGays Lion Farm. The Only Lion Farm in the World. (until Tiger King came along?). El Monte, California. Issued printed c. 1920s, L. A. by C S Hutson. Note the early motion picture camera men filming! Small custom self promotional map locating park area within roads around El Monte. Scarce early California private amusement park brochure. The type of small, thin, ephemeral paper item which survives by mere random luck. Overall clean, slight crease at