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Colorado Rockies, Black Hills and Utah: Travel by Train poster – Historic Poster Reproduction

Colorado Rockies, Black Hills and Utah: Travel by Train poster — vintage poster
Colorado Rockies, Black Hills and Utah: Travel by Train poster. Vintage poster from the State Parks collection.

(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: Colorado Rockies, Black Hills and Utah: Travel by Train poster, preserved in this vintage poster. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.

The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. Perfect for a home, office, library or classroom wall, and a gift with a story behind it. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.

Colorado Rockies, Black Hills and Utah: Travel by Train poster

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Few railroad posters tie three distant western regions together on one sheet, but this one presents the Colorado Rockies, the Black Hills, and Utah as destinations reachable by train. Railroads routinely commissioned posters like this to draw travelers west, selling scenic routes as the easy way to reach mountains, canyons, and open country. Such advertisements were typically bold in color and simple in design so they could be read quickly from a station platform.

Original scan996 × 1,500 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
Reference3531563030_e7ac558dc7_o Colorado Rockies, Black Hills, and Utah. Land of scenic marvels. Travel by train bpl

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