Lot 425
[RAILROAD - TRANSPORTATION]. The Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Railway. Chicago: Poole Bros., Printers and Engravers, ca 1890-1910.
Sale 2057 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography
Oct 25, 2024
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$300 -
400
Price Realized
$1,207
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Lot Description
[RAILROAD - TRANSPORTATION]. The Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Railway. Chicago: Poole Bros., Printers and Engravers, ca 1890-1910.
10 1/4 x 27 3/4 in. lithographed poster (sight), framed to 11 1/4 x 28 7/8 in., featuring a whimsical illustration of two men fishing on a lake, one standing up in a boat to show off a large fish he holds from a string around its neck. Above and below the illustration, text promotes the Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Railway as "The Hunting and Fishing LIne of Norther Wisconsin and Michigan. The Home of the Bass, The Wall-eyed Pike, The Brook Trout, The Lake or Salmon Trout, The Muskallonge."
Text near the bottom advises that "Tourist Tickets" are on sale at reduced rates "And Good to Stop Over at Any Point."
Text near the bottom advises that "Tourist Tickets" are on sale at reduced rates "And Good to Stop Over at Any Point."
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
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