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This Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad poster promotes its lines from Kansas City through Pueblo, Santa Fe, Las Vegas, Yuma, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The poster depicts a larger-than-life Uncle Sam spanning the American west to the Pacific Ocean while a seagull pulls at his coat tails and a sun peeks up over the horizon.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1880 and 1890
Item Number: 212277
Call Number: K Port Scrapbook 385 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212277
Business and Industry - Railroad - Advertising
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Tourism
Collections - Library
Date - 1870s
Date - 1880s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Advertising Medium - Poster
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Poster
Places - Cities and towns - Kansas City
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Places - Other States - Arizona - Yuma
Places - Other States - California - Los Angeles
Places - Other States - California - San Francisco
Places - Other States - Colorado - Pueblo
Places - Other States - Nevada - Las Vegas
Places - Other States - New Mexico - Santa Fe
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Railroads - Advertising
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Tourism
Type of Material - Printed materials - Advertisements
Type of Material - Printed materials - Posters
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