Image of an aerial landscape view of St. Louis, Missouri, the Mississippi River, and surrounding rural areas with railroad lines running into the city; 15 numbered locations printed at bottom center; with top left corner vignette of the Eads Bridge as viewed from the river banks below, captioned, "View of bridge from East St. Louis", and top right corner vignette of two trains at a tunnel entrance with workers, captioned, "Entrance to tunnel from Union Depot"; map verso contains timetables and promotional descriptions for the St. Louis, Kansas City, and Northern Railway, and a map of the Northwestern United States from Illinois to California with railroad routes depicted; fold-up map. Item copyrighted by Charles King Lord, the general passenger agent for the railway from 1874 to 1879. "Entered according to an Act of Congress in the year 1876, C.K. Lord, in the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington" -- text, bottom center margin. "Rand, McNally & Co. / Map Engravers, Chicago."--text, bottom left of map on verso. "Levison & Blythe, Railroad Printers, 219 Olive street, St. Louis."--text, bottom left of timetable on verso. "Thos. McKissock, / Gen. Supt., St. Louis."--text, bottom left of cover. "C.K. Lord, / Gen. Pass Agt., St. Louis."--text, bottom right of cover.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : color printed ; overall 31.75 x 63.82 cm (12 1/2 x 25 1/8 in.)
Saint Louis (Mo.)--Pictorial works Eads Bridge (Saint Louis, Mo.)--Pictorial works Advertising--Railroads Bridges--Pictorial works Cities and towns--Pictorial works Landscapes--Pictorial works Pictorial maps Railroads--United States--Maps Railroads--Pictorial works St. Louis, Kansas City, and Northern Railway Company Intaglio prints--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Maps. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc) Timetables. (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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