Centenary pageant of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to be held at Baltimore, Md., Sept. 24 to Oct. 8, 1927 – Historic 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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Centenary pageant of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to be held at Baltimore, Md., Sept. 24 to Oct. 8, 1927 comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Centenary pageant of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to be held at Baltimore, Md., Sept. 24 to Oct. 8, 1927
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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's centenary pageant, held in Baltimore from September 24 to October 8, 1927, is the event this color poster advertises. The B&O received its charter in 1827 and is generally regarded as the first common carrier railroad in the United States, so the anniversary gave the city and the company a reason to look back at their history. The poster was printed by the Acme Lithograph Company in New York, and its subject tags point to the locomotives that were central to the celebration. Anniversary pageants like this were popular in the 1920s, when cities and businesses marked milestones with parades and exhibitions.
| Created / published | New York : Acme Lith. Co., 1927. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Posters American 1920-1930.Prints Color 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. E3. 1927 and U.S. K6. E3. 1927. |
| Subjects | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company--Commemoration--1920-1930. Railroad locomotives--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 952 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-162904 |
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