Great Lake Shore route : No ferries! No delays! The fastest limited trains in the world run via Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway and New-York Central & Hudson River R.R

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  The monster serpent of Silver Lake

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  Image of a crowds of people gathered on the shore of Silver Lake near Buffalo, New York, gawking at a large serpent-like monster rearing out of the lake; horse-drawn vehicle brings more onlookers at bottom left; photographer on shore next to a crowd at center; man offering lager beer from a barrel for sale outside a tent at bottom right.

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  Map of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway and Its Connections

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  Image of a map of a portion of the Midwest and Eastern United States showing the routes and connecting lines of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway with two smaller images in the lower left corner captioned, "View of East End of the Great Union Depot, Cleveland, O." and "Front view of Great Chicago Depot, where Passengers arrive and depart in the heart of the city." ; map verso contains panels with printed railroad timetables and promotional descriptions, a vignette of a passenger car labeled "Sleeping Odell Coach" and a map of the railroad routes between Pittsburgh and Lake Erie titled "Map of route between Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh ..."; fold-up map covers contain two vignettes captioned "The mail carrier of 100 years ago" and "The Flight of the Fast mail" and a vignette of passing locomotives.

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  Free chair cars. on the limited fast express trains via the Great Rock Island route

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  Image of a poster advertising a route of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad with a center image of a man reclining in a railroad passenger car in a chair with an extended leg rest and gazing out the window at clouds containing a small image of a soldier and the writing, "A man"; the car's rug has the monogram "CRP."

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  The mail carrier of 100 years ago. ; The flight of the fast mail on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ry. The popular passenger route between the east and west

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  Image of an eye-level close-up perspective view of a steam locomotive, tender, and labeled mail cars passing on a track before a mother, two children, dog, and basket of fruit in the foreground, with a man throwing a mail bag from a train car to a man on the ground; the steam locomotive has a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, a cab labeled "J.H. Devereux," and the number "317" written on the locomotive; a smaller upper image of an eye-level landscape view depicting an 18th century rural scene with a man on horseback on a plank road in the foreground, and a log cabin and family behind with a man chopping wood, a woman, child, and a boy drinking water from a trough.

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  Map of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, and its connections. Compiled from the latest sources & showing the true location of each road

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  Image of a map of the Midwestern and Eastern United States showing the railroad routes of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway and connecting lines; map verso contains fold-up map covers, promotional descriptions, and timetables.

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  "The Fast Mail." : Scene of catching and delivering the mails on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway

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  Image of an eye-level perspective view of a steam locomotive, tender, and labeled mail cars passing on a track before a mother, two children, a dog, and basket of fruit in the foreground, with a man throwing a mail bag from a train car to a man on the ground; the steam locomotive has a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, an engineer behind the cab labeled "J.H. Devereux", the number "317" written on the locomotive, and a Masonic logo on the smoke-box door.

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