Visual Materials

Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y. : The tourists and sportsman's favorite route

Description: Image of a poster advertising the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad divided into three panels with a center engraved image of a steam locomotive, tender, and U.S. Mail car on tracks beside a lake in the countryside, with a centered logo of a horseshoe labeled "Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Ry. / They strike the right road." The top and bottom panels have silhouette images of individuals carrying items related to tourist activities including mining, hunting, and fishing, with a lower caption, "Happy return of the pilgrims."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: between 1880 and 1887
Call number: priJLC_TRAN_001135
Creator: Last, Jay T

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

Visual Materials

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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Take the favorite Rock Island route Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R'y. : For all points in Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado

Visual Materials

Image of a poster with promotional text and timetable for the Rock Island railroad route of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad with a center wood engraved image of a map of a portion of the Midwestern United States showing railroad lines and a wood engraved vignette in the lower part of the poster of a cross section of the "Palace Dining Car" showing the interior of the car with passengers eating and being served by African-American waiters.

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New map of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway : full and correct time cards of the trans-continental route

Visual Materials

Image of a map of most of the continental United States showing the railroad routes of the Chicago & North-Western Railway from Chicago, Illinois to California, with the "Lines and Mileage of Road owned by the Chicago & North-Western Railway Co." printed in the upper right; map verso contains panels with fold-up map covers with a vignette of the interior of a Pullman passenger car, promotional descriptions, and timetables.

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

Visual Materials

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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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (also called The Milwaukee Road)

Rare Books

Includes train(s): Milwaukee Road Hiawathas. Includes (selected items): three patent filings: one from Otto Kuhler for design of last car on train (1947); one from Clifford Brooks Stevens for a Hiawatha observation car (1950); one from Harold L. Hamilton, William D. Otter, and Paul A. Meyer for a GM locomotive body (1941).

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St. Paul, Minn

Visual Materials

Image of an elevated landscape view of the city of St. Paul, Minnesota, from a bucolic hillside showing people in carriages overlooking the Mississippi River, a bridge, and the city; locations listed in bottom margin.

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Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y. : The tourists and sportsman's favorite route

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