Oct 26, 2017 - Sale 2459

Sale 2459 - Lot 222

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
DESIGNER UNKNOWN 2 CENTS A MILE FOR COACH TRAVEL / THE NEW HAVEN RAILROAD. Circa 1940.
41 3/4x28 1/4 inches, 106x71 3/4 cm.
Condition A-: minor repaired tears at edges; minor abrasions in image.
This photomontage of riders eating, relaxing and reclining within one of the New Haven Railroad's trains quite literally shows the amenities of traveling by rail, within a low monetary figure. Pictured in the montage is an I-5 Class Hudson locomotive, of which the railroad purchased ten in 1937.