The most important wheels in America / Binder. – Vintage Print
![The most important wheels in America / Binder., Washington, D.C. : Association of American Railroads, [1952] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/16/16f22ff21a22-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The most important wheels in America / Binder., a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Its title makes the claim plainly: the most important wheels in America are the ones that turn on railroad tracks. The Association of American Railroads, the industry's Washington trade group, issued the poster around 1952, when railroads faced stiff competition from trucks, automobiles, and airplanes. Promotions of this kind reminded the public how much the country relied on rail to move freight and passengers, and the catalog's subject headings for railroads and wheels point to that single idea.
| Created / published | Washington, D.C. : Association of American Railroads, [1952] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters American 1950-1960.Prints Color 1950-1960. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S.E3. 1952. |
| Subjects | Railroads--1950-1960. Wheels--1950-1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,158 × 1,465 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218168 |
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