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Title: Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y. : The tourists and sportsman's favorite route
Creator: Poole Brothers, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1880
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1887
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 advertising the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad divided into three panels with a center engraved image of a steam locomotive, tender, and U.S. Mail car on tracks beside a lake in the countryside, with a centered logo of a horseshoe labeled "Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. / They strike the right road." The top and bottom panels have silhouette images of individuals carrying items related to tourist activities including mining, hunting, and fishing, with a lower caption, "Happy return of the pilgrims."
Probable date based on printer history; George A. Poole and William H. Poole joined as Poole Bros. railway printers around 1880, and in 1882 their address was listed at "117 and 119 Lake" (Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1882, page 981); by 1887 they were listed at "308 to 316 Dearborn" (Lakeside Annual Directory of the City of Chicago, 1887, page 1253) "Poole Bros., Printers, 117 & 119 Lake St., Chicago."--text, bottom center margin. "Poole Bros Chicago"--text, signature on stone, lower right of center image. "The Best Shooting and / Fishing Grounds / The Most Attractive Summer Resorts"--text, lower right of poster. "The / Finest / Scenery in the World / on the / Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul / Railway"--text, lower left of poster.
Type: image
Extent: 1 letterpress : color printed ; overall 56.36 x 36.67 cm (22 3/16 x 14 7/16 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_TRAN_001135
405275
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1557
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Railroads
Railroads--Pictorial works
Tourism--Pictorial works
Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company
Relief prints--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Posters. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
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Railroad
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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