Author: (Sawders, Major James C.).
Title: Lands to the South of Us. [an Original Promotional Brochure for a Series of Lectures by Major Sawders Under the Aegis of the Pond Bureau]. Together with: The Original Contract between Pond and the Geographic Society of Chicago, Engaging the Services of Major James C. Sawders.
Description: New York: The James B. Pond Bureau, (1933). (1933). - An illustrated 4-page brochure for a series of lectures under the aegis of the Pond Bureau printed in black on cream-colored paper, approximately 11 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide. The corners are bumped. Very good.

Together with The Pond Bureau's original contract. The contract between Pond and The Geographic Society of Chicago is for a lecture to be offered by by Major James C. Sawders on the evening of April 25, 1933. Signed by the Geographic Society's executive secretary Anna Conwell and by Pond's representative.

Major James C. Sawders [d. 1960] served in the U.S. Army in World War I and World War II as a chemical engineer, retiring in 1946. After his retirement he began traveling extensively to the Caribbean and to Central and South America, often as a freelance correspondent and photographer. This brochure promotes a series of lectures on his travels for the 1933-34 season sponsored by the James B. Pond Bureau. The lectures are on Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia ["Republics in the Clouds"] and on Mexico, Panama and the West Indies ["Neighbors Closer at Hand']. Included are a bio and portraits of Sawder as well as reproductions of photos he took during his travels.

RARE. Very good .

Keywords: TRAVEL; ILLUSTRATED BROCHURE; LECTURE TOUR; LANDS TO THE SOUTH OF US; THE POND BUREAU; RETIRED ARMY OFFICER; MAJOR JAMES C. SAWDERS; FREELANCE CORRESPONDENT; FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER; CARIBBEAN; WEST INDIES; PANAMA; CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO; LATIN AMERICA;

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