Baby Pathfinder and Railway Guide, New England, 1886

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Artifact Overview

As America's railroad network grew in size and complexity, publishers responded to travelers' needs by creating railway guidebooks. These guides typically included schedules for all the principal passenger trains on every public railroad. This 1886 "baby" guide is limited to New England railroads. Complete national guides were hundreds of pages long.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Schedule (Time plan)

Date Made

1886

Subject Date

15 May 1886

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

89.0.633.19

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Lithography

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)
Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 4.813 in
Width: 3.313 in