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Map of the great air line route, Ohio & Mississippi Railway and connections

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Title: Map of the great air line route, Ohio & Mississippi Railway and connections
Alternative Title: Purchase your tickets by the Ohio and Mississippi Railway. The people's line ...
Creator: St. Louis Democrat Litho. & Printing Co., printer
Knight & Porter, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1870
1871
1872
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1874
1875
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1880
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 map of a portion of the Eastern and Midwestern United States from as far west as Denver, Colorado, to the Atlantic Ocean, showing the railroad route of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad and connecting lines; with a vignette of the East Bridge captioned "View of the bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis." and printed information about the bridge to the left of map; map verso contains panels with the fold-up map covers, promotional descriptions, timetables, a vignette of the East Bridge with a steamboat and horse-drawn wagons and pedestrians in the foreground, and a vignette of a side elevation of a Pullman drawing room and sleeping car.
Probable date based on date in item text. "St. Louis Democrat Litho. & Printing Co. Engravers."--text, lower left of vignette accompanying map. "Knight & Porter Cin."--text, lower left of vignette on map verso of passenger car. "[E.J.N]"--text, artist's signature, bottom right of vignette on map verso of East Bridge. "In Effect from December 26th, 1875."--text, timetable panel. "R.T. Brydon, / Gen'l Pas'r Agent, St. Louis."--text, bottom left of cover. "E.H. Waldron, / Gen'l Supt., St. Louis."--text, bottom right of cover.
Type: image
Extent: 1 engraving : uncolored ; overall 31.43 x 49.53 cm (12 3/8 x 19 1/2 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_TRAN_001170
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1737
Language: English
Subject: Saint Louis (Mo.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works
Advertising--Railroads
Bridges--Pictorial works
Railroad passenger cars--Pictorial works
Railroads--United States--Maps
Ohio and Mississippi Railway Company (1867-1893)
Intaglio prints--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Maps. (gmgpc)
Timetables. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
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Railroad
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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