To Boston--Express triple screw turbine steel steamships Yale and Harvard ... Metropolitan Line – Antique Print
(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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A window into the past: To Boston--Express triple screw turbine steel steamships Yale and Harvard ... Metropolitan Line, preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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To Boston--Express triple screw turbine steel steamships Yale and Harvard ... Metropolitan Line
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This color halftone advertises the Metropolitan Line's overnight run from New York to Boston, with the steamships Yale and Harvard singled out in the title. Both were steel, triple-screw steamers powered by steam turbines, a then-modern propulsion system that was still uncommon in coastal passenger service. Pamphlets like this one were meant to draw travelers away from the railroad by promising comfort and speed on the water, and the lush color printing shows how steamship companies used illustration to sell the trip itself. The image also reflects the broader boom in Atlantic coastal tourism in the early 1900s.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone, color. |
| Genre | Pamphlets 1900-1910.Halftone photomechanical prints Color 1900-1910. |
| Notes | In collection: Illustrated time tables and travel pamphlets. |
| Subjects | Steamboats--Atlantic Ocean--1900-1910. Tourism--Atlantic Ocean--1900-1910. Travel--Atlantic Ocean--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,158 × 1,482 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218097 |
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