Aug 07, 2002 - Sale 1941

Sale 1941 - Lot 266

Price Realized: $ 2,760
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
JOHN HELD JR. NORTHWARD / THE NEW HAVEN R.R. Circa 1930.
41 7/8x28 1/4 inches. Plampin Litho, NYC.
Condition A-: minor tears and creases in margins. Paper.
From golfers to flappers, they are all heading "northward" against a sky blue background. The New Haven Railroad was an essential means of transportation in New England and "at its peak in 1929, the railroad owned and operated 2,131 miles of track throughout New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island".