Image of a poster advertising the Saratoga railroad line of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company with an image of a sportsman's rifle, fishing pole, and fishing basket lying against a birch tree; the basket has a vignette of deer in a forest clearing. Probable date based on handwritten note in bottom margin of "c. 1895." "American / Bank Note Co. / N.Y."--text, bottom center of image. "11540"--text, bottom left margin. "To the / springs, / mountains / and lakes / of New York / Saratoga / Lake George / Adirondacks / and / Montreal"--text, completion of title, lower left of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 wood engraving : color printed ; overall 59.69 x 38.42 cm (23 1/2 x 15 1/8 in.)
Advertising--Railroads Fishing--Equipment and supplies--Pictorial works Hunting rifles--Pictorial works Tourism--Pictorial works Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Relief prints--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Posters. (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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