[TRANSPORTATION - RAILROAD]. Great Central Route. Michigan Central Railroad. Buffalo, NY: Matthews & Warren, Commercial Advertiser Printing House, n.d.
Sale 2057 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Oct 25, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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[TRANSPORTATION - RAILROAD]. Great Central Route. Michigan Central Railroad. Buffalo, NY: Matthews & Warren, Commercial Advertiser Printing House, n.d.
14 x 22 in. poster mounted on cardstock, promoting the Great Central Route on the Michigan Central Railroad, including 5 express trains leaving Detroit daily for Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, Fort Garry, St. Louis, Quincy, Kansas City, Omaha, California, "And all Points West, North-West and South-West!" The poster advertises "Pullman Palace Day and Sleeping Cars" on all through-trains between Detroit and Chicago, and Detroit and Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Pentwater.
The Great Central Route connected the Michigan Central Railroad and the Great Western Railway in the north-central and northeastern United States. It was touted as the most direct, reliable, and attractive route between the eastern and western states
The Great Central Route connected the Michigan Central Railroad and the Great Western Railway in the north-central and northeastern United States. It was touted as the most direct, reliable, and attractive route between the eastern and western states
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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