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Erie Railway. : The great centennial excursion route. The shortest line via Buffalo or Niagara Falls between New York or Philadelphia, and all points west

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Title: Erie Railway. : The great centennial excursion route. The shortest line via Buffalo or Niagara Falls between New York or Philadelphia, and all points west
Creator: New York Lithographing and Engraving Co., printer
Bien, Julius, 1826-1909, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1871
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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 an eye-level landscape view of Niagara Falls from the rocky ledge of Prospect Point on the New York side of the Falls, with a woman, dog, and man looking over the gorge in the foreground and the waterfalls in the distance; image is centered with promotional description of railroad; verso contains text advertisement for New York Lithographing and Engraving Co.; decorative pink borders on recto and verso.
Probable date based on reference in text to passengers "carried by the Erie Railway in the year ending Sept. 30th, 1875..." Probable printer based on advertisement on verso. "Jno N. Abbott, / Gen'l Passenger Agt. / E.S. Bowen, / Gen'l Sup't."--text, bottom right. "Prospect, Point, Niagara Falls."--text, image caption." "N.Y. Lithographing and Engraving Co. / Julius Bien, Superintendent. / 16 & 18 Park Place, New York. ... Send for descriptive circulars P.O. Box 3557"--text, item verso.
Type: image
Extent: 1 engraving : color printed ; overall 49.37 x 68.58 cm (19 7/16 x 27 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_TRAN_001098
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1675
Language: English
Subject: Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.)--Pictorial works
Advertising--Railroads
Landscapes--Pictorial works
Tourism--Pictorial works
Waterfalls--Pictorial works
Erie Railway
New York Lithographing and Engraving Co
Intaglio prints--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Views. (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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