Human Interest

This tour book, published by the Automobile Club of America in 1910, offered detailed directions for motorists looking to navigate the New York and New England areas. The book used a copyrighted language of symbols to indicate directionality, terrain, and local rules of the road. Its sections are marked with black edging, so that a navigator could thumb through easily on the go. 

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