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This is a Rock Island Railroad promotional advertisement in the form of a monthly calendar detailing the various major routes of the line. The first image shows a photographic transparency of the poster taken in the 1960s when the poster was still in good condition. The second image shows a recent scan of the original poster and the resulting deterioration over the last forty years.
Creator: Rock Island Railroad Company
Date: 1890
Item Number: 210223
Call Number: Railroad Scrapbook K PORT 385 Folder 2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 210223
Business and Industry - Railroad - Advertising
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Rock Island Railroad Company
Business and Industry - Railroad - Passenger trains
Business and Industry - Railroad - Timetables
Business and Industry - Services - Travel agencies
Collections - Library
Community Life - Community services - Airports and Railroads
Community Life - Recreation and Sports - Leisure activities - Travel
Date - 1890s - 1890
Environment - Landscape
Home and Family - Activities - Vacations
Home and Family - Daily life - Leisure
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Advertising Medium - Poster
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Commercial Decorative Art - Print
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Schedule
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Timetable
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Cities and towns - Kansas City
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Places - International - Canada
Places - Other States - Alaska
Places - Other States - Arizona
Places - Other States - California
Places - Other States - Colorado - Colorado Springs
Places - Other States - Colorado - Denver
Places - Other States - Idaho
Places - Other States - Illinois
Places - Other States - Iowa
Places - Other States - Minnesota
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City
Places - Other States - Missouri - St. Joseph
Places - Other States - Montana
Places - Other States - Nebraska
Places - Other States - Nevada
Places - Other States - New Mexico
Places - Other States - North Dakota
Places - Other States - Oklahoma
Places - Other States - Oregon
Places - Other States - South Dakota
Places - Other States - Texas
Places - Other States - Washington
Places - Other States - Wyoming
Thematic Time Period - Age of Reform, 1880 - 1917
Transportation - Railroads - Advertising
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Rock Island Railroad Company
Transportation - Railroads - Passenger trains
Transportation - Railroads - Timetables
Type of Material - Art objects - Original art - Prints
Type of Material - Printed materials - Advertisements
Type of Material - Printed materials - Posters
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