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Carrying the U.S. mail Hoosac Tunnel route. The direct short line between the east and west

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Title: Carrying the U.S. mail Hoosac Tunnel route. The direct short line between the east and west
Creator: Rand, Avery & Co., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1872
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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 a poster with text advertising the Hoosac Tunnel Route.
Pointing hands and floral details are wood engraved. Probable date based on similar advertisements of the route. "5-7-77-2986-5m"--text, bottom left margin. "Rand, Avery & Co. Railroad Printers, Boston."--text, bottom center margin. "General Office, 250 Washington Street, Boston / Sam'l Finlay, Gen. Agt."--text, bottom center.
Type: image
Extent: 1 letterpress : color printed ; overall 55.56 x 35.72 cm (21 7/8 x 14 1/16 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_TRAN_001133
405273
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1555
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Railroads
Railroads--Pictorial works
Railroad travel--Pictorial works
Hoosac Tunnel Route
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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