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L. VASSER ELAM (1890-1951) CENTENARY PAGEANT OF THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD. 1927. 41 1/4x27 inches, 104 3/4x68 1/2 cm. Acme Litho. Co., New York. Condition B+: tears and slight staining at edges; loss in upper right corner; creases, abrasions and minor losses along vertical and horizontal folds. Paper. "As noted in Railway Age, Baltimore & Ohio commissioned four posters to announce its centenary pageant in 1927. The most effective designs compared the line's first locomotive, tiny Tom Thumb, to the modern Pacific-class President Washington . . . L. Vasser Elam's artwork offset colonial buildings with skyscrapers, and proved to be the most dramatic" (Zega p. 83). Zega p. 86.
