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Black Valley railroad

Description: Image of a mock train schedule poster promoting temperance by warning of the effects of alcohol and smoking; train with "Distillery" locomotive and bar car showing people drinking inside pulls away from "Drunkards Curve" station towards a dark area full of demons; horse-drawn ambulance vehicles pick up passengers who have disembarked; diagrams of a stomach in various states of decline due to alcohol consumption at left and right center of print.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1863
Call number: priJLC_POL_003974
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

Black Valley rail road. Great central fast route

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Image of a mock train schedule poster promoting temperance by warning of the effects of alcohol and smoking; train with "Alcohol" locomotive and bar car showing people drinking inside pulls away from "Drunkards Curve" station towards a dark area full of demons; horse-drawn ambulance vehicles pick up passengers who have disembarked; diagrams of a stomach lining in various states of decline due to alcohol consumption at bottom left and right; train stops at destinations "Sippington" through to "Destruction" at left and right of image.

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Faith hope charity : Inebriate's express

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Image of a series of vignettes advocating temperance; scenes illustrating the adverse effects of alcohol and tobacco are contrasted with scenes showing the benefits of a life without; train at center labeled "Gin Fiend" heads toward "Tobacco Land" with demons around it and the devil beckoning from a hole in the ground, torch in hand; images of angels interspersed throughout; allegorical women at left and right symbolizing "Truth" and "Temperance."

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Good news for all new cash store at Olive Green fresh goods at prices suited to the war times

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Image of a train locomotive at a depot with wooden boxes and barrels of a cargo delivery visible; men, women, and children hail the train as it pulls in and text bubbles show favorable comments on the new stock being delivered.

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Hell

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Image of a scene from Hell, with people writhing in agony and suffering various punishments; demons, snakes, lizards, and dragons attack people, dozens of souls are goaded down a slope by demons into a fiery pit; several demons with horns dance around the Devil in the background at center.

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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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Bound for M. Hall's new store

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Image of an advertisement for M. Hall's store in WInthrop, Maine; a horse pulling a train with many cargo cars pulls up to the Winthrop station guided by a man holding the reins seated on the top of the first train car; people eagerly await the train's arrival at the station; large American flag flies above the second train car.

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Black Valley railroad

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