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[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: Pennsylvania Air Line between New York and Washington City"]" – Vintage Print

[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: Pennsylvania Air Line between New York and Washington City"]", c1874. — historic photograph
[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: Pennsylvania Air Line between New York and Washington City"]", c1874.. Historic photograph from the New York City collection.

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Issued as advertising for the Pennsylvania Railroad's Air Line between New York and Washington, this sepia print was meant to persuade travelers to choose a fast through route rather than to document a single scene. The Pennsylvania Railroad, based in Philadelphia, ran some of the busiest rail corridors in the Northeast, and by the 1870s it competed hard for the traffic between New York and the capital. Photographs like this were often copyrighted and circulated to promote stations, trains and destinations, which shows how railroads used pictures to build public confidence. The copyright credit to W.P. Mange & Co. of Philadelphia points to the firm behind the card, though the record's details remain unverified.

Created / publishedc1874.
Medium1 photographic print : sepia.
SubjectsSepia photo copyrighted by W.P. Mange & Co., Phila. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads--Stations--Pa.; Railroads--Ads--[1874]; Railroads--[ca. 1874]; Shelf.
Original scan1,536 × 1,358 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-132997

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