Image of a fragment of a poster advertising the Michigan Central Railroad with an image of a bearded king holding a fork and knife at a dining table with a black angel holding a plate hovering over his shoulder; verso contains a fragment of a print head-and-shoulders portrait of American actor Maggie Mitchell; images pasted to a leaf of an account-book for the Toledo Wabash & Western Railway Company. Probable date based on employment history of Frank I. Whitney with the company. "Rand McNally & Co."--text, signature bottom center of poster. "They supplant the old ones about / may first and admit of / no rivalry."--text, bottom right of poster. "H.B. Ledyard, / General Manager."--text, bottom right of poster. "F.I. Whitney, / Ass't Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Agent."--text, bottom center of poster. "O.W. Ruggles, / Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Agent."--text, bottom right of poster. "Richardson & Foos, New York."--text, center below portrait on poster verso.
Type
image
Extent
1 wood engraving : color printed ; overall 49.53 x 24.45 cm (19 1/2 x 9 5/8 in.)
Mitchell, Maggie, 1837-1918--Portraits Actors--Portraits Actresses--Pictorial works Advertising--Railroads African Americans--Pictorial works Cherubs (Art) Kings--Pictorial works Royalty--Pictorial works Michigan Central Railroad Company Relief prints--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Portrait prints--Color. (gmgpc) Posters. (gmgpc) Scrapbooks. (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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