Original Dummy for CPR Brochure

Canadian Pacific Railway, 1927. Undetermined. very good. 8pp. Quarto. Green card stock with original painting and manuscript lettering on front wrapper. 5 more tempera and india ink paintings and border decorations. Wear to spine and slight wear to corners. Slight paint transfer from images to opposite pages and first painting has some smudging in top corner. very good A dummy brochure consisting of 6 paintings: one train, one CPR logo, and 4 decorative borders that would later include text or photo illustrations. Possibly intended to contain information on Western Canada due to the pine tree and mountain imagery. Front cover illustration is signed by Glidden? Second image signed WC27. The only original manuscript template for a CPR brochure we have ever encountered. The front illustration is beautifully done and with internal illustrations having an art deco feel. We are unsure if the finished product was ever published. 1927