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Great western and south western U.S. Mail Route. New York and Erie broad gauge railroad ... (New York, May, 1855.)

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Title: Great western and south western U.S. Mail Route. New York and Erie broad gauge railroad ... (New York, May, 1855.)
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1850
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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 broadside with text advertising the routes of the New York and Erie Railroad; wood-engraved vignette of a steam locomotive, tender, and cars in a rural setting centered in the upper half of the poster and a wood-engraved vignette of a steamship centered in the lower half of the poster.
Probable date based on item title. Artist's signature in top vignette illegible.
Type: image
Extent: 1 letterpress : color printed ; overall 70.17 x 54.61 cm (27 5/8 x 21 1/2 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_TRAN_001094
402500
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1444
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Railroads
Boats and boating--Pictorial works
Railroad travel--Pictorial works
Railroads--Pictorial works
Steamboats--Pictorial works
New York and Erie Railroad Company
Relief prints--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Broadsides. (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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