Nov 10, 2022 - Sale 2621

Sale 2621 - Lot 149

Price Realized: $ 1,625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000

SAM HYDE HARRIS (1889-1977)

SUNSET LIMITED / SOUTHERN PACIFIC. 1950.

23x16 inches, 58 1/2x40 3/4 cm.
Condition A: minor abrasions at edges; slight darkening at lower right corner.

The Sunset Limited, which went into operation in 1894, is America's oldest named train. It traveled along the Sunset Route from New Orleans to San Francisco, through Los Angeles, effectively connecting the East and West Coast of the continental United States. In 1950, the line was upgraded to a new streamlined, stainless-steel equipment manufactured by the Budd Company. Now only going as far as Los Angeles, it made the run in 42 hours. Harris' image was used in both a vertical and a horizontal format (see lot 150), and also appears in brochures, mailers and other printed advertisements.
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From the collection of Victor Ryerson.