Image of a fragment of a poster advertising the Missouri Pacific Railroad and Iron Mountain Route between St. Louis, Kansas City, and Chicago and New Orleans for Mardi Gras with cartoonish figures including a white-bearded king captioned "King Rex," dancing bears, jokers, a crocodile, and Native American; verso contains a fragment of an engraved print of a young woman and man with a book and dog, sitting apart on a bench outdoors; images pasted to an account-book leaf. Probable date based on item text. "... New [Orleans] / And be prepared to meet His Royal Majest[y] / February 6, 18[83] / Mardi Gras Day ... Sale of tickets will commence January 25th, 1883, and good / to Return until March 1st, 1883."--text, top center of image. "F. Chandler, / Gen'l Pass Agent."--text, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 49.69 x 26.67 cm (19 9/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Advertising--Railroads Animals--Pictorial works Carnival--Pictorial works Carnival--Louisiana--New Orleans Indians of North America--Pictorial works Kings--Pictorial works Tourism--Pictorial works Missouri Pacific - Iron Mountain (Railway) Lithographs--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc) Intaglio prints. (gmgpc) Posters. (gmgpc) Scrapbooks. (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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