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- Advertisement for Stage Wagon and Boat Transportation Between Philadelphia and New York City, circa 1840 - Originally printed March 8, 1759, in the <em>Weekly Mercury</em>, this advertisement features a wood engraving of John Butler's stage wagon. This stage line ran between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New York City.
- March 08, 1759
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Advertisement for Stage Wagon and Boat Transportation Between Philadelphia and New York City, circa 1840
Originally printed March 8, 1759, in the Weekly Mercury, this advertisement features a wood engraving of John Butler's stage wagon. This stage line ran between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and New York City.
- "Amerikanischen Postwagen" (American Stage Coach, 1800-1810), Lithograph, circa 1815 - Stage wagons were light and open, though not as comfortable as later Concord stagecoaches. They could go about five miles per hour, barring bad weather or road obstructions. The gaily painted signboards of roadside taverns beckoned weary travelers, promising rest, meals, and a chance to catch up on news. Stage wagon drivers used the stop to care for their horses.
- 1800-1810
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"Amerikanischen Postwagen" (American Stage Coach, 1800-1810), Lithograph, circa 1815
Stage wagons were light and open, though not as comfortable as later Concord stagecoaches. They could go about five miles per hour, barring bad weather or road obstructions. The gaily painted signboards of roadside taverns beckoned weary travelers, promising rest, meals, and a chance to catch up on news. Stage wagon drivers used the stop to care for their horses.
- Stage Coach at Ramona's Marriage Place, Old Town, San Diego, California, circa 1890 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- circa 1890
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Stage Coach at Ramona's Marriage Place, Old Town, San Diego, California, circa 1890
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- Souvenir Postcard, "The Longhorn Ranch," Moriarty, New Mexico, 1940-1950 - Federal Highway 66 (more commonly known as Route 66) was established in 1926, and spanned 2,448 miles from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California. Longhorn Ranch, located 48 miles east of Albuquerque, New Mexico, consisted of a restaurant, gas station, and curio shop. It promised travelers "a revival of the Old West amid a setting of modern convenience."
- 1940-1950
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Souvenir Postcard, "The Longhorn Ranch," Moriarty, New Mexico, 1940-1950
Federal Highway 66 (more commonly known as Route 66) was established in 1926, and spanned 2,448 miles from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California. Longhorn Ranch, located 48 miles east of Albuquerque, New Mexico, consisted of a restaurant, gas station, and curio shop. It promised travelers "a revival of the Old West amid a setting of modern convenience."
- Steel Engraving, "Eastern View of the Public Square or Green in New Haven CT," circa 1840 - Prolific illustrator John Warner Barber sketched this charming scene of the eastern view of the public square of New Haven, Connecticut. The circa 1840 color engraving depicts a pastoral scene of buildings, people strolling, and a stagecoach.
- circa 1840
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Steel Engraving, "Eastern View of the Public Square or Green in New Haven CT," circa 1840
Prolific illustrator John Warner Barber sketched this charming scene of the eastern view of the public square of New Haven, Connecticut. The circa 1840 color engraving depicts a pastoral scene of buildings, people strolling, and a stagecoach.
- Wood Engraving, American Coach, circa 1827 - Before railroads, long-distance travelers often rode in public coaches. They would jostle along rough country roads with mail, freight, and other passengers "in stages," stopping every few hours to change horses. This image depicting a loaded stagecoach in transit was drawn and engraved by Philadelphia artist Alexander Robb.
- 1825-1830
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Wood Engraving, American Coach, circa 1827
Before railroads, long-distance travelers often rode in public coaches. They would jostle along rough country roads with mail, freight, and other passengers "in stages," stopping every few hours to change horses. This image depicting a loaded stagecoach in transit was drawn and engraved by Philadelphia artist Alexander Robb.
- Engraving, Stagecoach, 1825-1830 - Before railroads, long-distance travelers often rode in public coaches. They would jostle along rough country roads with mail, freight, and other passengers "in stages," stopping every few hours to change horses. This image depicting a loaded stagecoach in transit was drawn and engraved by Philadelphia artist Alexander Robb.
- 1825-1830
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Engraving, Stagecoach, 1825-1830
Before railroads, long-distance travelers often rode in public coaches. They would jostle along rough country roads with mail, freight, and other passengers "in stages," stopping every few hours to change horses. This image depicting a loaded stagecoach in transit was drawn and engraved by Philadelphia artist Alexander Robb.
- Newspaper Advertisement for Passenger Travel on the New York and Albany Mail Stage, 1804 - This newspaper clipping from the <em>New York Evening Post</em>, dated October 29, 1804, advertises a number of stage coach lines operating between eastern cities. Two of the lines advertised travel from New York City to Albany, while another company has lines that run from New York City to Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and "the Federal City" -- now known as Washington, D.C.
- October 29, 1804
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Newspaper Advertisement for Passenger Travel on the New York and Albany Mail Stage, 1804
This newspaper clipping from the New York Evening Post, dated October 29, 1804, advertises a number of stage coach lines operating between eastern cities. Two of the lines advertised travel from New York City to Albany, while another company has lines that run from New York City to Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and "the Federal City" -- now known as Washington, D.C.
- Advertisement for a Stagecoach Line Running from Boston, Massachusetts to Providence, Rhode Island, 1825 - Before canals and railroads, stagecoach lines transported goods and people from town to town. Published in the <em>Manufacturers and Farmers Journal and Providence and Pawtucket Advertiser</em> on July 7, 1825, this clipping advertised a company of stage coaches between Boston, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island. The schedules were provided, along with this line's "advantages superior" to other lines on this route.
- July 07, 1825
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Advertisement for a Stagecoach Line Running from Boston, Massachusetts to Providence, Rhode Island, 1825
Before canals and railroads, stagecoach lines transported goods and people from town to town. Published in the Manufacturers and Farmers Journal and Providence and Pawtucket Advertiser on July 7, 1825, this clipping advertised a company of stage coaches between Boston, Massachusetts, and Providence, Rhode Island. The schedules were provided, along with this line's "advantages superior" to other lines on this route.
- Mezzotint, "North View of Middletown & Its Vicinity," circa 1830 - Before railroads, long-distance travelers often rode in public coaches. They would jostle along rough country roads with mail, freight, and other passengers "in stages," stopping every few hours to change horses. This engraving depicts a stagecoach journeying toward Middletown, Connecticut.
- circa 1830
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Mezzotint, "North View of Middletown & Its Vicinity," circa 1830
Before railroads, long-distance travelers often rode in public coaches. They would jostle along rough country roads with mail, freight, and other passengers "in stages," stopping every few hours to change horses. This engraving depicts a stagecoach journeying toward Middletown, Connecticut.