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The Wasbash line : shortest and quickest route via St. Louis to Colorado, California and all points West
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Tourists prefer the Wabash route for St. Louis and all points west and south
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Pennsylvania R. Road : the only route via Pittsburgh to Chicago St. Louis, Cincinnati, and the great west!
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Erie Railway. : The great centennial excursion route. The shortest line via Buffalo or Niagara Falls between New York or Philadelphia, and all points west
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Image of an eye-level landscape view of Niagara Falls from the rocky ledge of Prospect Point on the New York side of the Falls, with a woman, dog, and man looking over the gorge in the foreground and the waterfalls in the distance; image is centered with promotional description of railroad; verso contains text advertisement for New York Lithographing and Engraving Co.; decorative pink borders on recto and verso.
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The Northern Pacific Railroad line : the only first class route to the Black Hills big horn Mountains, Yellowstone and Upper Missouri Rivers, and all points in Northern Minnesota, Dakota and Montana
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The Northern Pacific Railroad line : only first-class route to the Big Horn Mountains, Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone and Upper Missouri Rivers and all points in Northern Minnesota Dakota and Montana
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The only route via Niagara Falls & suspension bridge: for Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco and all points west take the Great Western & Michigan Central R'y Line
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