Image of an eye-level view of a busy enclosed railroad station in London, England, with passengers, luggage, and two steam locomotive trains in the foreground, and a back wall covered with advertisements for local products and services. Probable date based on publication of image as the frontispiece in Sampson, H. A History of Advertising from the earliest times, London (Chatto and Windus, Piccadilly, 1875); item accompanied by title page of book. "Alfred Concanem delt"--text, artist's signature in stone, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 18.57 x 35.88 cm (7 5/16 x 14 1/8 in.)
Advertising--Central business districts Advertising--England--History Advertising--Railroads Railroad stations--Pictorial works Railroad travel--Pictorial works Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Book illustrations. (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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