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Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
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GRAND CANYON / UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. Circa 1940.
40x26 1/4 inches, 101 1/2x66 3/4 cm. Condition B+: repaired tear at top right corner; creases in image; colors slightly attenuated. Matted and framed.
Before the National Parks Service was established in 1916, several large railway companies had already formed a "Bureau of Service to National Parks and Resorts." Their trains had been servicing the areas for years and many had already established infrastructure, such as lodges and other public facilities. The Union Pacific Railroad announced its "Circle Loop" in 1922. This loop (a 489-mile tour) encompassed the newly established National Parks in southern Utah and was achieved by touring cars and buses that departed from the Cedar City train station.
