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A color print calendar page of a White cowgirl, hair piled high under a hat, wearing an open-necked blue blouse and a gun in her belt.

"Cow-Boy Girl" Calendar -- January, February

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Object Details

  • Date

    1903

  • Object Type

    Prints

  • Medium

    Chromolithograph

  • Contributors

    Printed by J. Ottman Lithographic Company

    Published by Chicago & Alton Railway Co.

  • Object Format

    Calendar

  • Dimensions

    14 11/16 x 9 15/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.c.: "COW-BOY GIRL" \ "TRADE MARK." \ "THE ONLY WAY." \ COPYRIGHT 1903, BY \ THE CHICAGO & ALTON \ RAILWAY CO.

    Verso:

    c.: "CHICAGO & ALTON RY. \ PERFECTION IN \ TRANSPORTAION \ IS FURNISHED BY THE \ CHICAGO & ALTON RY. \ THE HEAVIEST STEAL RAILS, LAID ON A ROAD-BED OF \ CRUSHED ROCK, MAKE ITS TRACKS THE SMOOTHEST. \ OVER ITS DUSTLESS HIGHWAY ARE RUN THE MOST \ PALATIAL TRAINS IN THE WORLD, THE ACME \ OF LUXURY AND COMFORT. AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR RAILWAY, JUSTLY TERMED \ "THE ONLY WAY"

    l.l.: "TRY \ ALTON \ CHICAGO \ ST. LOUIS \ KANSAS CITY \ THE ALTON ROAD \ TRI- \ ANGLE"

    l.c.: "J. OTTMANN LITHOGRAPHING CO., PUCK BUILDING , NEW YORK"

    l.r.: "ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS CALENDAR MAY BE \ OBTAINED BY SENDING TWENTY-FIVE CENTS TO \ GEO. J. CHARLTO, GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT \ CHICAGO & ALTON RAILWAY:: :: CHICAGO, ILL."

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    1975.44.1

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Additional details

Location: Off view
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