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Poster

Pacific Railway Pullman's Palace Dining Car Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Pacific Railway's route from New York to California, encouraging people to "Go and See the Great American Pa...
Poster

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway Poster

Date: 09 1882
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway, also "Known as The Royal Route." The poster features the...
Photograph

Passenger Train at Russian Railroad Station

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people at a railroad platform near the "Imperial train" used by the Root Commission as they traveled through Russia.
Photograph

General Horwaeth and the Root Commission Train

Date: 06 1917
Description: Men standing near the Imperial train carrying members of the Root Commission at a railroad station. Original caption reads: "General Horwaeth, chief of Rus...
Photograph

Slumbercoach

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Description: Two women boarding the Slumbercoach car on a B&O Railroad passenger train. A Pullman porter carries two suitcases as a stewardess greets customers. ...
Print

Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railway Lounge and Buffet Service Menu

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Description: Buffet luncheon and drinks menu for the CMSP&P railway, with a waiter ready to serve a table of three men sitting at a table in the lounge car with drinks ...
Photograph

Newspaper Carriers Leave for Washington D.C.

Date: 08 16 1954
Description: Sitting on the train and ready for a trip to the nation's capitol are Madison Newspapers, Inc. newsboys, Gerald Schroeder (left) and Billy Adelman (both of...

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