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Centenary pageant of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to be held at Baltimore, Md., Sept. 24 to Oct. 8, 1927 – Historic Reproduction

Centenary pageant of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to be held at Baltimore, Md., Sept. 24 to Oct. 8, 1927, New York : Acme Lith. Co., 1927. — vintage poster
Centenary pageant of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to be held at Baltimore, Md., Sept. 24 to Oct. 8, 1927, New York : Acme Lith. Co., 1927.. 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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Step back in time with Centenary pageant of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to be held at Baltimore, Md., Sept. 24 to Oct. 8, 1927, a vintage poster rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Centenary pageant of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to be held at Baltimore, Md., Sept. 24 to Oct. 8, 1927

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Announcing a celebration in Baltimore from September 24 to October 8, 1927, this color poster marks the centenary of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the first common carrier railroad in the United States. The company was chartered in 1827, and the pageant honored a century of rail service that had grown from an ambitious early line into a major system. Printed by the Acme Lithograph Company of New York, the poster pairs bold color with locomotive imagery, a common approach to railroad promotion in the 1920s.

Created / publishedNew York : Acme Lith. Co., 1927.
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
GenrePosters American 1920-1930.Prints Color 1920-1930.
NotesPromotional goal: U.S. E3. 1927 and U.S. K6. E3. 1927.
SubjectsBaltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--Commemoration--1920-1930. Railroad locomotives--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,616 × 3,965 px · prints to 9 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-172948

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