

This Rock Island Railroad poster announces lines in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. The poster cautions people to not believe unfavorable advertisements in the Leonardville Monitor about the Rock Island Railroad line.
Creator: Rock Island Railroad Company
Date: Between 1870 and 1880
Item Number: 212147
Call Number: K Port 385 Folder 2, Scrapbook Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212147
Business and Industry - Railroad - Advertising
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Rock Island Railroad Company
Collections - Library
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Advertising Medium - Poster
Places - Cities and towns - Bala
Places - Cities and towns - Manhattan
Places - Cities and towns - Riley Centre
Places - Cities and towns - Wild Cat
Places - Counties - Riley
Places - Counties - Wabaunsee
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870-1920
Transportation - Railroads - Advertising
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Rock Island Railroad Company
Type of Material - Printed materials - Advertisements
Type of Material - Printed materials - Posters
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