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For good order delivery use Railway Express Agency / Robert E. Lee. – Vintage Print

For good order delivery use Railway Express Agency / Robert E. Lee., N[ew] Y[ork] : Carey & Sons Lith., 1929. — vintage poster
For good order delivery use Railway Express Agency / Robert E. Lee., N[ew] Y[ork] : Carey & Sons Lith., 1929.. Vintage poster from the Railroads & Depots 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 For good order delivery use Railway Express Agency / Robert E. Lee., 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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Unlike most railroad posters, which sell passenger travel, this one promotes freight. It shows workers lifting and carrying packages beside trucks, under the slogan "For good order delivery use Railway Express Agency." The Railway Express Agency was the railroads' shared package and freight service, and it was newly consolidated in 1929, the year this print was made. The chromolithograph was printed by Carey & Sons in New York, and the record credits Robert E. Lee with the design, a reminder that 1920s posters often advertised shipping reliability as much as train rides.

Created / publishedN[ew] Y[ork] : Carey & Sons Lith., 1929.
Medium1 print (poster) : chromolithograph ; 97 x 148 cm.
GenrePosters American 1920-1930.Chromolithographs Color 1920-1930.
NotesForm no. 3270. Promotional goal: U.S. D39. 1929. Purchase; (DLC/PP-1989:136).
SubjectsRailway Express Agency--1920-1930. Shipping--1920-1930. Trucks--1920-1930. Employees--1920-1930. Lifting & carrying--1920-1930.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,929 × 2,605 px · prints to 13 × 9 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-220163

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