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](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ef/efd318f2f700-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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A window into the past: For good order delivery use Railway Express Agency / Robert E. Lee., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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For good order delivery use Railway Express Agency" is the slogan that sets this 1929 chromolithograph apart from other shipping posters of the decade. Printed in New York by Carey & Sons, the poster credits Robert E. Lee and shows workers lifting and loading packages onto trucks, a scene that reflects how the company moved freight by road as well as by rail. Railway Express Agency, a nationwide package express service, was then growing as motor trucks took over more local deliveries. The poster's bold color and clear message were typical of commercial advertising of the late 1920s.
| Created / published | N[ew] Y[ork] : Carey & Sons Lith., 1929. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph ; 97 x 148 cm. |
| Genre | Posters American 1920-1930.Chromolithographs Color 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Form no. 3270. Promotional goal: U.S. D39. 1929. Purchase; (DLC/PP-1989:136). |
| Subjects | Railway Express Agency--1920-1930. Shipping--1920-1930. Trucks--1920-1930. Employees--1920-1930. Lifting & carrying--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,433 × 1,581 px · prints to 8 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220163 |
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