The New Oriental Limited Great Northern Railway: Welcoming the Oriental's guests – Vintage Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: The New Oriental Limited Great Northern Railway: Welcoming the Oriental's guests, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The New Oriental Limited Great Northern Railway: Welcoming the Oriental's guests
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This halftone shows a welcome for passengers arriving on the New Oriental Limited, the Great Northern Railway's premier train between the Midwest and the Pacific Northwest. The name pointed to the company's trans-Pacific ambitions, since the line carried travelers to Seattle and Portland for connecting steamships to Asia. The image comes from a 1924 pamphlet, a format in which railroads promoted their service with photographs reproduced by halftone. The caption card's details about the scene have not been verified, so the specific occasion should be read with that in mind.
| Created / published | 1924 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Notes | Halftone reproduction in pamphlet. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,129 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159241 |
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