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Tourists prefer the Wabash route for St. Louis and all points west and south

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Title: Tourists prefer the Wabash route for St. Louis and all points west and south
Creator: Woodward & Tiernan Printing Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1883
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of a poster advertising the Wabash railroad route with butterflies and white flowers on a mostly yellow and black background.
Woodblock printing used to create flowers and background colors. Probable date based on printer history. "New Palace Sleeping Cars / from / New York & Boston / to / St. Louis Without Change"--text, lower center. "Woodward and Tiernan St. Louis"--text, bottom left.
Type: image
Extent: 1 letterpress : color printed ; overall 71.12 x 27.94 cm (28 x 11 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_TRAN_001104
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http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1460
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Railroads
Butterflies--Pictorial works
Flowers--Pictorial works
Wabash Route
Relief prints--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Transportation
Large Size
Railroad
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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