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Far West National Parks, USA and Canada Travel Poster
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An original lithograph promoting the national parks of the western United States and Canada, as well as promoting train travel. The poster depicts a creek running through a valley surrounded by mountains, with a man on horseback near a stream waving to other individuals on the porch of a cabin.
1934
Newman-Monroe Co. Chicago
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W01449X
WHi 67566
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