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Take the favorite Rock Island route Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y. : For all points in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado

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Title: Take the favorite Rock Island route Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y. : For all points in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado
Creator: Sears, A. T., artist
Rand McNally and Company, artist
Cameron, Amberg & Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1875
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1885
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 with promotional text and timetable for the Rock Island railroad route of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad with a center wood engraved image of a map of a portion of the Midwestern United States showing railroad lines and a wood engraved vignette in the lower part of the poster of a cross section of the "Palace Dining Car" showing the interior of the car with passengers eating and being served by African-American waiters.
Probable date based on the form number in item text. "Cameron, Amberg & Co., Printers, Chicago."--text, bottom center margin. "Form 1-10-80."--text, top center margin. "AT Sears Chi"--text, artist's signature in stone, center left of poster below title. "A.T. Sears Chicago"--text, bottom right of vignette. "Rand, McNally & Co. Engr's, Chicago"--text, bottom right of map. "R.R. Cable, Vice-Pres't & Gen'l Manager."--text, bottom left of poster. "W.A. Strong, Ass't Gen'l Pass. Ag't, Chicago. / E.F. Richardson, Gen'l East'n Pass. Ag't, 257 Broadway, New York City."--text, bottom center of poster. "E. St. John, Gen'l Tkt. & Pass. Agent, Chicago."--text, bottom right of poster.
Type: image
Extent: 1 letterpress : color printed ; overall 56.52 x 36.51 cm (22 1/4 x 14 3/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_TRAN_001162
402534
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1575
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Railroads
African Americans--Pictorial works
Dining cars--Pictorial works
Railroad passenger cars--Pictorial works
Railroad travel--Pictorial works
Railroads--Pictorial works
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Rail Road Co
Relief prints--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Maps. (gmgpc)
Posters. (gmgpc)
Timetables. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Transportation
Large Size
Railroad
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Relation: priJLC_TRAN_001161

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