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Travellers' guide through the United States, showing the principal routes by railroad, steamboat, canal & stage
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Traveller's Map of the Middle, Northern, Eastern States and Canada. Showing all the Railroad, Steamboat, Canal and Principal Stage Routes
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Vignette of Niagara Falls and River. Vignette: Niagara River and surrounding country showing the proposed ship canal, Rail Roads, etc. Drawn by the late Captain W. G. Williams, U.S. Topographical Corps. Prime meridian: GM, Washington. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Polyconic. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Great western and south western U.S. Mail Route. New York and Erie broad gauge railroad ... (New York, May, 1855.)
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Image of a broadside with text advertising the routes of the New York and Erie Railroad; wood-engraved vignette of a steam locomotive, tender, and cars in a rural setting centered in the upper half of the poster and a wood-engraved vignette of a steamship centered in the lower half of the poster.
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Great Eastern rail road route over Massachusetts western rail road, from Albany or Troy for Boston
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Image of a broadside advertising the route of the Great Eastern Railroad with a wood-engraved vignette of a steam locomotive, with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, tender, and a freight car and passenger car centered in the upper third of the poster; decorated border.
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Map of the great air line route, Ohio & Mississippi Railway and connections
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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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The most delightful route to the sea shore
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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.
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People's stage; railroad, and accommodation line: between New-London and Stonington;
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Image of a broadside advertising a stage line between New London, and Stonington, Connecticut, owned by Amasa Rockwell, Jr., with a center woodcut image of a side view of a horse-drawn stagecoach with passengers in the carriage and a driver.
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