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The new Empire State Express, New York Central System, New York, 1941 – Antique Wall Art

The new Empire State Express, New York Central System, New York, 1941, 1941 — vintage poster
The new Empire State Express, New York Central System, New York, 1941, 1941. Vintage poster from the Trains collection.

(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 Empire State Express, New York Central System, New York, 1941, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The new Empire State Express, New York Central System, New York, 1941

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This color poster from 1941 presents the New York Central's Empire State Express, the railroad's named train between New York City and Buffalo. The train took its name from New York State, and by the early twentieth century it was a showcase for the line's fastest and most prestigious service. Its reputation dated to the 1893 run of locomotive No. 999, which was widely reported to have reached about 112 miles per hour. In 1941, American railroads used posters like this one to sell passenger travel, and the image asks viewers to see the train as modern, fast, and worth riding.

Created / published1941
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
GenrePosters American 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950.
NotesPromotional goal: U.S. E3. 1941.
SubjectsLocomotives--New York (State)--1940-1950.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,500 × 2,278 px · prints to 5 × 8 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-173558

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