Best Friend Locomotive
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https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/459ee350-0851-0136-4c64-0050569601ca-1Descriptive Information
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 | eng |
Local Identifier | 0418_0163_03 |
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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