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

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Description: 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.
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Date: approximately 1875
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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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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.

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

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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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General map of the Pennsylvania Railroad and its connections

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Image of a map of most of the continental United States and part of Mexico showing the main routes and connecting lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad, with routes and railroad stations named; map verso contains 16 panels with railroad timetables, promotional descriptions, a vignette of the interior of a Pennsylvania Railroad Dining Car with well-dressed diners being served by African-American servers, a vignette of a Pullman sleeping car with passengers sitting in seats, including a woman reading and a girl, and inset with an image of a sleeping birth and a man shining shoes; folding map cover contains a vignette of a train on the Horseshoe Curve in the Allegheny Mountains and an American eagle with wings displayed standing on a shield with an "E Pluribus Unum" banner.

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Across the American continent via the great Rock Island route, from Australia, China and Japan to Europe

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Image of a map centered on the continents of North and South America showing the Great Rock Island railroad route of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and related steamship lines to Europe and Asia, with a second map, above, of the railroad route from San Francisco, California, to Chicago, Illinois, and mileage statistics printed in right margin; map verso contains panels with fold-up map covers, promotional descriptions and timetables of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, with a vignette of a railroad bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa, and a vignette of the exterior of the Grand Pacific Hotel in Chicago.

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

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