GO WEST! Over the Missouri Pacific or Atlantic & Pacific Railroad – Antique Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic image captures GO WEST! Over the Missouri Pacific or Atlantic & Pacific Railroad in remarkable detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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GO WEST! Over the Missouri Pacific or Atlantic & Pacific Railroad
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The title names two rival lines, the Missouri Pacific and the Atlantic & Pacific, so its call to "GO WEST!" points to particular routes rather than the West in general. Both companies grew out of the postwar push to link the Mississippi valley with the Pacific coast, when railroad promoters competed for land grants, settlers and passengers. Images like this were often used to promote that journey, so it is worth reading the scene as persuasion as much as reportage.
| Original scan | 1,144 × 2,608 px · prints to 4 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | go west |
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