Hutchinson, Kansas -- The Salt City

Hutchinson, KS: Printed by the News Co. for the Hutchinson Commercial Club, [1908].

Softcover. Very good. 5.75" x 8.75", [48] pp., illustrated, in original pictorial wrappers. Light handling wear; very good. A nicely produced promotional book with many interesting illustrations showing the range of commercial and industrial activity (not just salt production) in the city (which then had a population of slightly under 15,000) and in Kansas generally. In addition to possessing a salt bed large enough "to supply the world," Hutchinson boasted "splendid railroads and immense freight tonnage," mills that processed millions of bushels of wheat and corn, "foundries, paint factories, beef and pork packing plants, ice and cold storage plants, one of the most up-to-date creameries in the entire country," excellent banks, and "the finest hotel, with the richest interior and the most attractive exterior between the Great Lakes and the Pacific Ocean." These Commercial Club men--all of whom are named at the front of the booklet--were good boosters! The book includes photographs of many of the city's leading businesses as well as signficant civic buildings, churches, etc.

Item #23087

Price: $100.00