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Philadelphia west, via Erie and Lehigh Valley " route. : In effect July, 1876

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Description: Image of three maps related to railroad routes of the Erie Railway: a map in the upper left corner of the northeastern United States with railroad lines between New York City and the Great Lakes region; a map of Western Europe with steamship lines in the upper left; and a map of New York City in the lower left corner, with timetables and promotional descriptions on both the recto and verso; map verso also includes three vignettes of three ornately decorated interiors of a Pullman sleeping car, a dining car with well-dressed diners and African American waiters, and a drawing room car; fold-up map.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1876
Call number: priJLC_TRAN_001097

Map of the Texas & Pacific Railway and connections. : The true Southern route to and from California is via El Paso and the Texas & Pacific Railway

Visual Materials

Image of a map of Texas and bordering states showing the route and connecting lines of the Texas & Pacific Railway, with an inset map in the upper right corner of most of the continental United States, Mexico, and Cuba, and an inset in the lower right corner of a black and white photograph captioned, “Harvest scene on line of the Texas & Pacific Railway in Texas,” with men on mule-driven farm equipment in a field; map verso contains panels with fold-up map covers, railroad timetables and promotional descriptions.

priJLC_TRAN_001060

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.

priJLC_TRAN_001157

The short line across the continent. : Map of the great central route between the Atlantic and Pacific : Michigan Central and Great Western Railways

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Image of a map of a portion of the Eastern United States from as far west as Omaha, Nebraska, showing railroad routes of the Michigan Central and Great Western Railroad and connecting lines, with a vignette in the lower left corner of the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge and an inset map in the lower right corner of the Western United States showing railroad routes and titled, "Map between the Missouri River and the Pacific Ocean"; map verso contains panels with the fold-up map covers, promotional descriptions including an image of a freight car for the Great Central Route's Blue Line, and timetables.

priJLC_TRAN_001174

The old reliable Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad the pioneer route to the west

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Image of a map of a portion of the Midwestern and Eastern United States showing the routes of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad Short Line and connecting lines in the lower half of a sheet, and a side view of a steam locomotive passenger train at night moving on tracks illuminated by the train's headlamp, captioned "The New Electric Light" in the upper half of the sheet; map verso contains panels with fold-up map covers, timetables, and a half-page image of a cross-section of the interior of a "Reclining Chair Car" filled with passengers sitting in the train, playing cards, and in the car's washrooms.

priJLC_TRAN_001115

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.

priJLC_TRAN_001192

Map of the great air line route, Ohio & Mississippi Railway and connections

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Image of a map of a portion of the Eastern and Midwestern United States from as far west as Denver, Colorado, to the Atlantic Ocean, showing the railroad route of the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad and connecting lines; with a vignette of the East Bridge captioned "View of the bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis." and printed information about the bridge to the left of map; map verso contains panels with the fold-up map covers, promotional descriptions, timetables, a vignette of the East Bridge with a steamboat and horse-drawn wagons and pedestrians in the foreground, and a vignette of a side elevation of a Pullman drawing room and sleeping car.

priJLC_TRAN_001170

Philadelphia west, via Erie and Lehigh Valley " route. : In effect July, 1876

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