Image of an advertisement for M. Hall's store in WInthrop, Maine; a horse pulling a train with many cargo cars pulls up to the Winthrop station guided by a man holding the reins seated on the top of the first train car; people eagerly await the train's arrival at the station; large American flag flies above the second train car. Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Samuel S. Smith & Son printed together from approximately 1871-1884. "Smith & Son, printers, Bangor."--text, bottom center margin. "With a full and Fresh Stock of Furniture and Carpets, Crockery, Glass and Tinware, Paper Hangings, Curtains and Fixtures, Feathers, Mirrors, and 5 and 10 cent Goods. Elegant Store -- nice Goods -- plenty of them and favorable prices. Call and see for yourselves. Upholstering & Furniture Repairing a Specialty, M. Hall, Winthrop, Me."--text, bottom center of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 woodcut : uncolored ; overall 50.32 x 40.64 cm (19 13/16 x 16 in.)
Advertising--House furnishings Dry-goods Horses--Pictorial works Men--Pictorial works Railroad stations--Pictorial works Railroad trains--Pictorial works Relief prints--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Relief prints--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection Household Large Size Furnishings The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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