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Chicago and North Western Railway. : The shortest line from Chicago to Council Bluffs Omaha



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  • Map of the Chicago & North-Western Railway and part of its connections

    Map of the Chicago & North-Western Railway and part of its connections

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    Image of a wood engraved map of a portion of the Midwestern United States showing railroad routes of the Chicago & North-Western Railway and connecting lines from Chicago, Illinois, westward, with promotional descriptions and timetables; map verso contains panels with fold-up map covers, additional timetables, and promotional text, with a vignette of a side elevation of a Pullman drawing room and sleeping car.

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  • Passengers for the west should take the Chicago and Northwestern it is the short line to Council Bluffs Sioux City, Yankton

    Passengers for the west should take the Chicago and Northwestern it is the short line to Council Bluffs Sioux City, Yankton

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    Image of a poster advertising the railroad line of the Chicago and North Western Railroad with decorative details including images of fish, herons, and a circular fan with the image of a waterscape.

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  • St. Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway : 35 miles the shortest : the Red River Valley line

    St. Paul Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway : 35 miles the shortest : the Red River Valley line

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    Image of a poster advertising the railroad lines of the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba Railway with a center wood engraved map of the Great Lakes region of the United States with the railroad lines of the railroad between Winnipeg, Canada, and Minneapolis, and St. Paul, Minnesota; text ornamented with a wood engraved image of bundle of wheat in upper left corner.

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  • Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway. The Milwaukee and Mississippi Valley route to the great north-west

    Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway. The Milwaukee and Mississippi Valley route to the great north-west

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    Image of a map of a portion of the Midwestern United States showing railroad routes of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and connecting lines centered and bordered with promotional text, lists of railway stations, and six landscape vignettes captioned "Fort Snelling, Minn."; Dells of the Wisconsin. - Inkstand & Sugar Bowl."; "Templar Rock, Lake Pepin."; Jaws of the Dells."; "The Maiden's Rock, on Lake Pepin." with an image of a Native American in a headdress in the foreground overlooking a railroad train and steamboats; and "Vizor Ledge, east of Standing Rock."; map verso contains panels with promotional text, timetables, a "Map of the Business Districts of Chicago" and two vignettes on the fold-up map cover captioned, "Dells of the Wisconsin. - Lone Rock from Below." and "Dells of Wisconsin. - Inkstand and Sugar Bowl."

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  • The great Wabash route : Toledo, Wabash & Western Ry. No change of cars from Toledo or Fort Wayne to the Mississippi River

    The great Wabash route : Toledo, Wabash & Western Ry. No change of cars from Toledo or Fort Wayne to the Mississippi River

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    Image of a poster with text advertising the Great Wabash Route of the Toledo, Wabash & Western Railway.

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  • Take the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific R.R for Peoria, Des Moines, Council Bluffs

    Take the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific R.R for Peoria, Des Moines, Council Bluffs

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    Image of a map of a section of the United States showing the railroad route from San Francisco, California, to Chicago, Illinois, of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway and connecting lines, in one half of a sheet with promotional text including an advertisement for the sale of the railroad's land in Iowa, and vignettes of a railroad bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, a vignette of the exterior of the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago, and a vignette of the exterior of the railroad's Chicago passenger station; map verso contains panels with fold-up map covers, promotional descriptions and timetables of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad.

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