Grand Central Terminal / The Gateway to a Continent. 1927. Lithograph poster. 102¾x68 cm, 40½26¾ inches; Latham Litho. & Ptg. Co., Long Island City.
The interior of the Main Concourse in New York City's Grand Central Terminal, looking east. In the background, on the East Balcony, is a model of the DeWitt Clinton, the first steam powered locomotive to operate in New York State, and its three carriages; it ran from 1831 to 1833 and was then scrapped. The model was built by the New York Central Railroad for display at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial and then was showcased at the Columbian Exposition (World's Fair) in Chicago in 1893. In 1920, it was installed in Grand Central Terminal. Since 1934 the model has resided at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. New York City architecture history buffs will notice that there is not yet a stairway leading up to the East Balcony; this was only added when the station was redesigned in the 1990s.
Zega 89, Affiches Chemin de Fer p. 64, New York p. 65.
