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The most delightful route to the sea shore

Description: Image of a broadside advertising steamboat, steam car, and train travel methods to Locust Grove from New York, Newark, and Coney Island. Includes images of ships, steamboats and smaller boats on water. Central image is of families seated at the Locust Grove Pavilion, with a view of the pier and ocean in the distance. Print also includes images of people swimming and surfing at Coney Island, and people viewing Gravesend Bay from the Locust Grove Hotel.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1870
Call number: priJLC_TRAV_001448
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)

Prospect Park & Coney Island Railroad ... excursion tickets, 40 cts

Visual Materials

Image of a poster with a central image of an elevated street view of the lawn, walkways, bandstand, covered fountain, and trees before the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad terminal on Coney Island in New York City, captioned "Grand Plaza and Promenade, terminus of the rail road on Coney Island," with a timetable, promotional descriptions, and seven additional vignettes of crowded scenes of people visiting Coney Island, including two top corner images of beach scenes; a top center image of the lawn, bandstand, and building captioned, “Grand view of 50 miles from observatory 300 feet high”, a lower center image of a steam locomotive with three open passenger cars, a bottom left image of the iron tower observatory, a bottom center image of the 1872 railroad station, captioned, “Brooklyn Depot, Ninth Avenue, 19th and 20th Streets, Greenwood”, with horse-drawn trolleys and carriage, and a bottom right image of a covered drinking fountain.

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Starin's excursions

Visual Materials

Image of an advertisement for John H. Starin's island excursions. Includes perspective views of Manhattan Beach Hotel and the Oriental Hotel, as well as images of Starin's resorts at Alpine Grove, Glen Island, and New Rochelle. The central image depicts an image of Starin’s fleet of ships and steamboats on water, and other imagery includes people traveling to destinations on boats. Located on the left and right edges of the poster are two waving flags representing Star-in’s personal flag, abbreviated with a symbol of a star in place of lettering for his name.

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Evansville route : Evansville and Terre Haute R.R. Chicago and Eastern Illinois R. R. : to the north

Visual Materials

Image of a poster advertising the Evansville Route with a wood-engraved center image of an elevated landscape view of the Ohio River and Henderson Bridge near Evansville, Indiana, with a steam locomotive train crossing the bridge and steamboats including one labeled the "Ellen N." in the river; measurements of the bridge in the lower left.

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Jay T. Last collection of travel and exploration prints and ephemera

Visual Materials

The Jay T. Last collection of travel and exploration prints and ephemera contains about 1,190 printed materials related to the history of hotels, resorts, luggage companies, and maps in the United States. The materials date from approximately 1814 to approximately 1937, although the bulk of the materials date from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries. The collection consists of 50 large-sized items, and over a thousand smaller-sized items, including trade cards, postcards, booklets, billheads, and letterheads. Many of the prints include views and promotional maps created by hotel and resort proprietors from New York City, Boston, and Chicago. Images on some of the prints trace the history of vacation destinations in the United States, predominately of beaches near Coney Island, ranging from Locust Grove to Starin's Glen Island, Dreamland, Luna Park, and more. The prints also contain images of elevated street views, storefronts, pedestrians traveling to hotels, and people at their leisure at beaches and amusement parks. A few prints also include promotional information about amenities, services, medical treatments, and local excursions offered by the various establishments. A large portion of materials in this collection are printed maps, varying from ornamental pictorial maps about U.S history and western expansion, to pocket maps created by hotel proprietors, real estate agents, government departments, and local businesses. While predominantly mapping locations within New York and Massachusetts, many of the maps also cover regions in California, documenting land development, fire-safety plans, and real-estate advertisements in Fresno, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. A few of the maps in this collection also provide exploration routes and information on locating gold mines in California, Colorado, and Alaska. Information on the maps include topographic details, timetables for travel destinations, and document travel routes by rail or ferry. A smaller portion of this collection also consists of images of luggage, trunk, travel bag, and valise products advertised by manufacturers from Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Newark, and more.

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Hotels and resorts, New York City

Visual Materials

The Jay T. Last collection of travel and exploration prints and ephemera contains about 1,190 printed materials related to the history of hotels, resorts, luggage companies, and maps in the United States. The materials date from approximately 1814 to approximately 1937, although the bulk of the materials date from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries. The collection consists of 50 large-sized items, and over a thousand smaller-sized items, including trade cards, postcards, booklets, billheads, and letterheads. Many of the prints include views and promotional maps created by hotel and resort proprietors from New York City, Boston, and Chicago. Images on some of the prints trace the history of vacation destinations in the United States, predominately of beaches near Coney Island, ranging from Locust Grove to Starin's Glen Island, Dreamland, Luna Park, and more. The prints also contain images of elevated street views, storefronts, pedestrians traveling to hotels, and people at their leisure at beaches and amusement parks. A few prints also include promotional information about amenities, services, medical treatments, and local excursions offered by the various establishments. A large portion of materials in this collection are printed maps, varying from ornamental pictorial maps about U.S history and western expansion, to pocket maps created by hotel proprietors, real estate agents, government departments, and local businesses. While predominantly mapping locations within New York and Massachusetts, many of the maps also cover regions in California, documenting land development, fire-safety plans, and real-estate advertisements in Fresno, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Some of the maps in this collection also provide exploration routes and information on locating gold mines in California, Colorado, and Alaska. Information on the maps include topographic details, timetables for travel destinations, and document travel routes by rail or ferry. A smaller portion of this collection also consists of images of luggage, trunk, travel bag, and valise products advertised by manufacturers from Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Newark, and more.

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Hotels and resorts, New York Islands

Visual Materials

The Jay T. Last collection of travel and exploration prints and ephemera contains about 1,190 printed materials related to the history of hotels, resorts, luggage companies, and maps in the United States. The materials date from approximately 1814 to approximately 1937, although the bulk of the materials date from the mid-19th to early 20th centuries. The collection consists of 50 large-sized items, and over a thousand smaller-sized items, including trade cards, postcards, booklets, billheads, and letterheads. Many of the prints include views and promotional maps created by hotel and resort proprietors from New York City, Boston, and Chicago. Images on some of the prints trace the history of vacation destinations in the United States, predominately of beaches near Coney Island, ranging from Locust Grove to Starin's Glen Island, Dreamland, Luna Park, and more. The prints also contain images of elevated street views, storefronts, pedestrians traveling to hotels, and people at their leisure at beaches and amusement parks. A few prints also include promotional information about amenities, services, medical treatments, and local excursions offered by the various establishments. A large portion of materials in this collection are printed maps, varying from ornamental pictorial maps about U.S history and western expansion, to pocket maps created by hotel proprietors, real estate agents, government departments, and local businesses. While predominantly mapping locations within New York and Massachusetts, many of the maps also cover regions in California, documenting land development, fire-safety plans, and real-estate advertisements in Fresno, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Some of the maps in this collection also provide exploration routes and information on locating gold mines in California, Colorado, and Alaska. Information on the maps include topographic details, timetables for travel destinations, and document travel routes by rail or ferry. A smaller portion of this collection also consists of images of luggage, trunk, travel bag, and valise products advertised by manufacturers from Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Newark, and more.

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