DESIGNER UNKNOWN "THE D&H" / DELAWARE AND HUDSON R.R. Circa 1890.
26 3/4x20 1/2 inches, 68x52 cm. American Bank Note Co., New York.
Condition B+: minor losses, tears, abrasions and staining in margins; margins slightly trimmed. Paper.
A wonderful, early chromolithographed railroad poster replete with charming vignettes from New York City all the way north to Lake Champlain and Montreal. "The Delaware and Hudson embraces about eight hundred miles in its railroad system, and reaches a greater number of summer resorts and carries more tourists than any other railroad" (Appleton's Illustrated Hand-book of American Summer Resorts, 1893, p. 17). The D&H began as a canal company, with the addition of the railroad in the early 1870s. The company lasted until 1991, when it was purchased by the Canadian Pacific Railway. rare.