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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 Print

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 Baltimore 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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Few American railroads can claim a founding as early as the Baltimore and Ohio's, and this 1927 poster advertises the pageant that marked its centenary in the company's home city, held from September 24 to October 8. Chartered in 1827, the B&O was among the earliest common carrier railroads in the United States, and the locomotives pictured here point to the steam engines that carried that history forward. The color lithograph was produced by the Acme Lithograph Company of New York, a typical example of the promotional posters used to draw crowds to civic celebrations 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 scan1,009 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-172948

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