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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
A.T. SEARS (DATES UNKNOWN) ROCK ISLAND ROUTE CHICAGO / ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC R'Y. Circa 1880. 22x13 3/4 inches, 56x35 cm. Cameron, Amberg & Co., Chicago. Condition B+ / B: discoloration in margins, affecting text at bottom right; restoration in image. An early poster for the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, which had an extensive network throughout the American Midwest, providing service to or through Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Tennessee, Colorado, Minnesota and more. The company began in 1847, and acquired other railway lines, changing its name several times until a reorganization in 1880, when it officially became the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway. The railway ultimately went into receivership and was liquidated in 1980. A cornerstone of the railroad's legacy is the American folk song that bears its name.
