Image of a broadside with promotional text for the Great Western Railway and statistics about the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, with a wood-engraved vignette of a steam locomotive train crossing the bridge in the upper left, and a wood engraved vignette of a steam locomotive passenger train in a mountainous region in the upper right. Probable date based on bridge history; the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge opened in 1855. "Clapp, Matthews & Co's Steam Presses, Express Office, Buffalo"--text, bottom center margin. "Passengers purchasing Through Tickets via. / Great Western / Railway ..."--text, center of poster. "C. J. Brydges, / Managing Director, Hamilton, C. W."--text, bottom left of poster. "Julius Movius, / Gen'l Agent, 17 Exchange St., Buffalo."--text, bottom right of poster.
Type
image
Extent
1 letterpress : color printed ; overall 51.44 x 35.24 cm (20 1/4 x 13 7/8 in.)
Advertising--Railroads Bridges--Pictorial works Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Pictorial works Railroads--Pictorial works Suspension bridges--Pictorial works Great Western Railway Company (Canada) 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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