B. & O. S-W. Excursion, Aug. 2nd, 1900, Atlantic City, N.J. – Antique 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: B. & O. S-W. Excursion, Aug. 2nd, 1900, Atlantic City, N.J., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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B. & O. S-W. Excursion, Aug. 2nd, 1900, Atlantic City, N.J.
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A color lithographic poster announces a Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern excursion to Atlantic City, New Jersey, on August 2, 1900, which sets it apart from the railroad posters that promote routes within the Midwest. Strobridge & Co., a Cincinnati lithographer that also maintained a New York office, printed it to attract passengers to the trip. Excursions like this were a common way railroads filled seats in summer, carrying families and social groups to the Jersey shore. Atlantic City, with its boardwalk and large hotels, was one of the most popular seaside resorts of the period.
| Created / published | Cincinnati & New York : Strobridge & Co. Lith., 1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color ; 51 x 36 cm. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,000 × 4,110 px · prints to 10 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-172675 |
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