Best Friend Locomotive

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Title: Best Friend Locomotive
Date: 189u
Decade: 1890s
Description: A poster entitled "'The Best Friend', the First Locomotive built in the United States for actual service on a Railroad" describing the history of the train's construction in New York and operation for the South Carolina Railroad in 1831.
Dimensions: 21.8 cm x 45.6 cm
Subject: Transportation
Genre: Posters
Geographic coverage: New York
Language: English
Local Identifier: 0418_0163_03
Rights: No Copyright - United States
Rights Description: This item is in the public domain.
Repository: Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Collection Title: IHLC Collection of Illinois and U.S. History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera
Type: Text
Collection: Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)

Title	Best Friend Locomotive
Date	189u
Decade	1890s
Description	A poster entitled "'The Best Friend', the First Locomotive built in the United States for actual service on a Railroad" describing the history of the train's construction in New York and operation for the South Carolina Railroad in 1831.
Dimensions	21.8 cm x 45.6 cm
Subject	Transportation
Genre	Posters
Geographic coverage	New York
Language	English
Local Identifier	0418_0163_03
Rights	No Copyright - United States
Rights Description	This item is in the public domain.
Repository	Illinois History and Lincoln Collections
Collection Title	IHLC Collection of Illinois and U.S. History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera
Type	Text
Collection	Illinois and US History Broadsides and Printed Ephemera Collection (Digitized Content)

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