[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: general ad. listing services, ticket offices, and depots] – Vintage Print
![[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: general ad. listing services, ticket offices, and depots], c1874. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e0/e091153ca821-L.webp)
(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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This rare antique lithograph captures [Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: general ad. listing services, ticket offices, and depots] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: general ad. listing services, ticket offices, and depots]
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Rather than a view of a single station, this lithograph is a general advertisement for the Pennsylvania Railroad's services, ticket offices, and depots, and its record ties it to Harrisburg and Philadelphia. By the 1870s the company, chartered in 1846, had grown into one of the largest railroads in the country, running between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg, the state capital, lay on its main line across the Susquehanna. The sheet was credited to the Philadelphia firm W.P. Mange & Co. around 1874, and it shows how railroads used commercial art to direct travelers to their offices and stations.
| Created / published | c1874. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Subjects | Lithograph copyrighted by W.P. Mange & Co., Phila. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa.--Harrisburg; Pa.--Phila.; Railroads--Ads--[1874]; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,906 × 1,500 px · prints to 6 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-132994 |
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