(NEW YORK) Handbill for American Express steamers from Niaga

Sale 2580 - Lot 185

Price Realized: $ 688

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(NEW YORK.) Handbill for American Express steamers from Niagara Falls across Lake Ontario. Letterpress handbill, 7 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches, illustrated with small cut of a steamship, titled "Lake Ontario & River St. Lawrence . . . the Beautiful and Commodious American Express Steamers New York, Northerner"; minimal foxing. Niagara Falls, NY: W.H. Tunis, circa 1858

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Advertises two American Express steamers, the New York and the Northerner, running a regular route from Niagara Falls to Toronto to Ogdensburgh, NY on the St. Lawrence. They offered connecting service to Royal Mail steamers for Montreal and Quebec, and well as other service to the White Mountains, Boston, Saratoga, and New York. The handbill is targeted to the tourist trade, boasting of "large and airy saloons and state-rooms" and passage through the Thousand Islands by daylight. No other examples traced.