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Pennsylvania R. Road : the only route via Pittsburgh to Chicago St. Louis, Cincinnati, and the great west!

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Title: Pennsylvania R. Road : the only route via Pittsburgh to Chicago St. Louis, Cincinnati, and the great west!
Creator: Rogers, Fred, 1832-1870, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1855
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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 advertising the railroad lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad with promotional descriptions and timetables.
Probable date based on years of employment of ticket agent Lewis L. Houpt with the company. "Fred Rogers' Polychromatic Press, 152 Washington Street, Boston."--text, bottom left margin. "No. 77 Washington Street, / Lewis. L. Houpt, Gen'l Ticket Ag't, Phila. / Sam'l Carpenter, Eastern Ag't. / Alfred Owen, Agent."--text, bottom of poster.
Type: image
Extent: 1 letterpress : color printed ; overall 53.34 x 34.29 cm (21 x 13 1/2 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_TRAN_001154
402526
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1570
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Railroads
Pennsylvania Railroad
Relief prints--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Broadsides. (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

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