Pennsylvania Railroad - Washington, the city beautiful / Grif Teller. – Antique Print
(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 Pennsylvania Railroad - Washington, the city beautiful / Grif Teller., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Pennsylvania Railroad - Washington, the city beautiful / Grif Teller.
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Pennsylvania Railroad's "Washington, the City Beautiful" sells the capital as a destination reached by train, with a streamlined locomotive set against the city's monuments. Grif Teller, a commercial artist known for his railroad posters, designed it as a color lithograph around 1940, when the railroad was a major carrier between the Northeast and the capital. Railroads of that era relied on bold posters like this one to fill seats for sightseeing trips, and the poster's emphasis on monuments reflects how Washington was promoted to visitors in the 1930s and 1940s.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 103 x 64 cm. |
|---|---|
| Notes | Clifton (New Jersey) : O. Co., ca. 1940. |
| Subjects | Pennsylvania Railroad--1930-1940. Railroad locomotives--1930-1950. Monuments & memorials--Washington (D.C.)--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,582 × 4,182 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-226560 |
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