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The Wisconsin central line to the summer resorts of Wisconsin, Minnesota and the North-West

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Title: The Wisconsin central line to the summer resorts of Wisconsin, Minnesota and the North-West
Creator: Poole Brothers, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1883
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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 advertising a route of the Wisconsin Central Railroad with a center image of a young woman fairy floating in the air and ticking the nose of another fairy sleeping on a spider web, with blue flowers and tree branches.
Probable date based on item text. "Poole / Bros. / Chicago"--text, signature in stone, lower left of image "For Illustrated Guide-Books, ' A Summer Jaunt' and 'Summer of 1888,' Address"--text, bottom center of image. "Wm. S. Mellen, General Manager. / Louis Eckstein, Ass't Gen'l Pass'r & Tkt Agt. / Jas. Barker, Gen'l Pass'r & Tkt. Agt."--text, bottom of image. "Milwaukee, Wis."--text, bottom center of image.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 78.42 x 33.66 cm (30 7/8 x 13 1/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_TRAN_001111
402518
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1462
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Railroads
Fairies--Pictorial works
Tourism--Pictorial works
Women--Pictorial works
Wisconsin Central Railroad Company (1871-1899)
Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (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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