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Travel By Train, California Travel Poster
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An original lithograph promoting California as a summer's destination to be reached by train. The poster features a woman in a vibrant yellow dress overlooking a valley and coastline, with snow-topped mountains in the background.
1934
Newman-Monroe Co. Chicago
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W0144BL
WHi 67564
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