A color print of a train yard with two forward facing black steam trains and a caboose, and the words, "Purchase tickets via Erie railway" over the top of the illustration.

An American Railway Scene, at Hornellsville, Erie Railway.

Parsons & Atwater

Date

1874
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Chromolithograph
Contributors

Printed by Currier & Ives

Published by Currier & Ives
Dimensions

Image: 19 9/16 x 32 1/16 in.
Sheet: 23 15/16 x 35 5/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
u.c.: PURCHASE TICKETS \ VIA ERIE RAILWAY
l.l.: PARSONS & ATWATER, DEL.
l.c.: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1874 by Currier & Ives, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. \ AN AMERICAN RAILWAY SCENE, AT HORNELLSVILLE, ERIE RAILWAY. \ THE GREAT TRUNK LINE AND UNITES STATES MAIL ROUTE between New York City and the Western States and Territories; renowned for its Beautiful Scenery, its substantial \ road bed, DOUBLE TRACKED with steel rail, and its well appointed Passenger trains, equipped with the celebrated Pullman Hotel, Drawing Room and Sleeping Coaches.
l.r.: LITH. OF CURRIER & IVES, PUBLISHERS, 125 NASSAU ST. NEW YORK
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1970.190
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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