Nov 10, 2022 - Sale 2621

Sale 2621 - Lot 170

Price Realized: $ 1,875
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

BERN HILL (1911-1977)

FRISCO / SERVING THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST. Circa 1951.


24x18 inches, 61x45 3/4 cm.
Condition A- / A: creases in bottom right corner; minor creases at edges. Paper.

Throughout his work for General Motors, Hill "single-handedly managed to represent almost every railroad of the day" (Vintage Rails, January / February 1998, p. 75). He also graphically captured architectural, engineering and natural wonders along the various train routes. The "Frisco" was the colloquial name given to the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway. This image first appeared on the cover of Railway Age magazine on October 29, 1951.