Up in the mountains of Colorado down on the Atlantic coast and out on the Pacific slope we hear the people all talking about the new line just opened up composed of the grand "Burlington Route C.B. & Q. R. R."
Image of a poster advertising the Burlington Route of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad with a central image of a winking owl with a medal listing the initials of three western railroads hanging by a ribbon around its neck, and a large-nosed laughing crescent moon on the owl's right in the sky; timetable in lower half of poster. Probable date based on approximate route history. "Rand McNally & Co., Printers. 148 to 154 Monroe Street, Chicago."--text, bottom center margin. "C., B. & Q. R. R. / Chicago, Peoria or St. Louis / to Denver. / D. & R. G. R. R. Denver to Oden. / C. P. R. R. / Ogden to San Francisco. / 41144"--text on medal." "T. J. Potter, Vice-Pres. and Gen'l Manager Chicago / Perceval Lowell, Gen'l Passenger Agent, Chicago. / W. H. Firth, Chief of Trav. Agents' Service, Chicago. / Jno. Q. A. Bean, Gen'l Eastern Agent, 306 Washington St., Boston, and 317 Broadway, New York."--text, below timetable.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 82.71 x 28.42 cm (32 9/16 x 11 3/16 in.)
Advertising--Railroads Birds--Pictorial works Moon--Pictorial works Owls--Pictorial works Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (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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