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Railroad Mail Delivery
Railroad advertising card showing a mail carrier on horseback on a plank road in 1776, and mail being delivered by train in 1876. A woman with two children and a dog watch the train pass in the lower image. |
Image ID: | 62552 |
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Creation Date: | 1876 |
Creator Name: | Unknown |
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State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Railroad ephemera, 1859-1976 |
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Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
Original Format Number: | PH 2535 |
Original Dimensions: | 3 x 4.5 inches |
Opposite side of card carries depictions of Presidents Washington and Grant on medallions beneath a banner reading "Centennial Business Card." |
Dogs |
Horses |
Advertising |
Children and adults |
Men |
Postal service |
Locomotives |
Railroad trains |
Railroads |
Roads |
Ephemera |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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