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| Description: | Woodcut image of the first steam passenger train ever run in the United States. The locomotive pulls a wood car and two passenger cars. |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Lithograph poster for Augustin Daly's 1867 play Under the Gaslight, depicting Snorkey the one-armed Civil War veteran tied to the railroad tracks, w... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Colored print containing two images advertising the delivery of mail. The main image is of the large Michigan and Southern train labeled "The Fast Mail" de... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | An original colored lithograph advertising the Chicago and North Western Railway's 100th Anniversary from 1848 to 1948. The poster features the artist Paul... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An original colored poster celebrating the Milwaukee Road's 90 years of progress. The poster features three photographs of locomotive engines, ranging in t... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | An original color lithograph featuring a side profile of "The Famous War Engine "General" of the Western & Atlantic R. R." The artist depicts the steam eng... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An original color lithograph featuring a side profile view of The Milwaukee Road Hiawatha engine and one additional car. Below the image is written: "Built... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Poster depicting a locomotive speeding along railroad tracks with airplanes flying overhead. The airplanes have the markings associated with American warpl... |
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| Description: | Poster featuring an illustration of a Prussian leader looking back in fear at a large locomotive, with a US seal on the front, heading towards him. Text re... |
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