Image of a map of most of the continental United States and part of Mexico showing the main routes and connecting lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with routes and railroad stations named; map verso contains 16 panels with railroad timetables, promotional descriptions, a vignette of the interior of a Pennsylvania Railroad Dining Car with well-dressed diners being served by African-American servers, a vignette of a Pullman sleeping car with passengers sitting in seats, including a woman reading and a girl, and inset with an image of a sleeping birth and a man shining shoes; folding map cover contains a vignette of a train on the Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains and an American eagle with wings displayed standing on a shield with an "E Pluribus Unum" banner. Probable date based on date in item title. "Allen, Lane & Scott. Philada."--text, bottom right margin of map. "Allen, Lane & Scott, Pbs."--text, bottom right corner of cover. "Chas. E. Pugh, / General Manager."--text, bottom left corner of cover. "J.R. Wood, / General Passenger Agent."--text, bottom right corner of cover. "Form 51. 500."--text, bottom left corner of cover.
Type
image
Extent
1 engraving : color printed ; overall 43.82 x 90.81 cm (17 1/4 x 35 3/4 in.)
Allegheny Mountains--Pictorial works Advertising--Railroads African Americans--Pictorial works Eagles--Pictorial works Emblems, National--United States Railroad passenger cars--Pictorial works Railroads--Pictorial works Railroads--United States--Maps Pennsylvania Railroad Intaglio prints--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Maps. (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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