Image of an elevated landscape view of Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains with steam locomotive passenger trains running on tracks across a forested mountainside; the train in the foreground has a car labeled "Fast Mail Route / Express Mail"; decorative border with tassels. Probable date based on reference in Last, Color Explosion, pages 74-5; probable company based on track history; the Horseshoe Curve railroad track curve was completed in 1854 by the Pennsylvania Railroad "Krebs Lithographing Company, Cincinnati."--text, bottom right of image. "Perfect roadway - improved equipment - Attentive Employes [sic]."--text, center caption below image. "Pan-handle and Pennsylvania Route / The Popular and Direct Line to all Eastern Cities."--text, bottom center below image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 29.37 x 30.48 cm (11 9/16 x 12 in.)
Advertising--Railroads Allegheny Mountains--Pictorial works Landscapes--Pictorial works Mountains--Pictorial works Railroads--Pictorial works Railroad travel--Pictorial works Pennsylvania Railroad Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Views. (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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