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Chicago & Alton R.R.--The great palace reclining-chair route... / Ballin & Liebler, lith., N.Y. – Antique Print

Chicago & Alton R.R.--The great palace reclining-chair route... / Ballin & Liebler, lith., N.Y., [between 1880 and 1900] — vintage poster
Chicago & Alton R.R.--The great palace reclining-chair route... / Ballin & Liebler, lith., N.Y., [between 1880 and 1900]. Vintage poster from the Chicago 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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Chicago & Alton R.R.--The great palace reclining-chair route... / Ballin & Liebler, lith., N.Y.

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This color lithograph promotes the Chicago & Alton Railroad's "palace reclining-chair route," a sales pitch that leaned on the comfort of the sleeping and parlor cars then coming into fashion on long-distance trains. The Chicago & Alton linked Chicago with St. Louis and Kansas City, and rail companies competed hard for travelers by advertising their rolling stock. The poster was printed by Ballin & Liebler, a New York lithography firm, and it reflects the period's taste for bold color and eye-catching commercial art. It is a useful window onto how railroads sold travel as luxury in the late 1800s.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1900]
Medium1 print (poster) : lithograph, color.
GenreAdvertisements 1880-1900.Posters 1880-1900.Lithographs Color 1800-1900.
SubjectsChicago and Alton Railroad Company--1880-1900. Railroad passenger cars--United States--1880-1900. Transportation--United States--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,049 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176043

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