Southwest System Missouri Pacific Ry poster with allegorical woman and cherubs – Vintage Poster Wall Art
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A window into the past: Southwest System Missouri Pacific Ry poster with allegorical woman and cherubs, preserved in this vintage poster. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Southwest System Missouri Pacific Ry poster with allegorical woman and cherubs
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Allegorical women and cherubs were a favorite device on railroad posters of the early twentieth century, when lines competed for passengers by promising comfort and scenic destinations. This example carries the name of the Missouri Pacific Railway's Southwest System, a network of routes running through the lower Plains and Texas that the St. Louis-based company used to market its service. Posters like this were usually color lithographs designed to be seen from a distance in depots and ticket offices. Their mythic figures signaled grace and progress rather than specific places, so the artwork is worth reading as advertising as much as illustration.
| Original scan | 7,103 × 10,070 px · prints to 24 × 34 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 02335u |
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