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Title: Iron Mountain route! St. Louis to Texas! : The only route to Hot Springs, Arkansas. : The short line to Arkansas and Texas
Alternative Title: Map of the Texas Short Line. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, Texas & Pacific and International & Great Northern Railways.
Creator: St. Louis Globe-Democrat, printer
Woodward, Tiernan, and Hale, printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1873
1874
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1883
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 wood-engraved map of the railroad route of the Texas Short Line of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway from St. Louis, Missouri, through Arkansas, to Texas, centered in a double-sided poster with promotional text about the line and tickets, and a timetable on the verso.
Probable date based on date in item text. "St. Louis Globe-Democorat Job Print."--text, bottom center margin of item recto. "Woodward, Tiernan & Hale, Map Engr's St. Louis"--text, bottom right of map. "Texas & Arkansas / Maps / Guides, Land Circulars, / Railroad Fare, Timetables, Freight Rails, and / Full Information Free / Enclose Stamp for reply, call or address / Henry H. Hannan, / Land and Emigration / Agent. / Swan Creek, Ohio."--text, stamp, lower right of map. "Texas / Rates Reduced! / Cheap Excursion / Tickets. / Iron / Mountain. / Route. Texas / Short / Line! / On and after September 1st, 1878, ..."--text, centered top of item verso. "...named Agents of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company: / E. A. Ford, General Passenger Agent, St. Louis, Mo. / W. L. Van Nest, Gen'l Eastern Ag't, 415 Broadway, New York City. / H. H. Marley, / Northern Pass'r Ag't, 104 Clark Street, Chicago, Ill. / Jno. Howard, Southern Pass'r Ag't, 138 Vine Street, Cincinnati, O."--text, centered bottom of item recto.
Type: image
Extent: 1 letterpress : color printed ; overall 55.72 x 19.05 cm (21 15/16 x 7 1/2 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_TRAN_001681
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1740
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Railroads
Railroads--United States--Maps
St. Louis, Iron Mountain, and Southern Railway Company
Relief prints--Color--1875-1900. (gmgpc)
Broadsides. (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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