[Railroads]

[Collection of Nine Original Large Format Photographs Advertising Railway Travel Through Arkansas and Missouri]

[St. Louis: ca. 1900]. Photographs approximately 9.5 x 7.5 inches, mounted onto boards measuring 15 x 12.5 inches. Lightly scuffed, toned, and worn, mostly on the mounts, with a couple of photos rubbed in the image area. About very good. Item #4812

Collection of nine vintage, large-format photographs portraying locations in Missouri and Arkansas along two St. Louis-based railroads. Five of the images are from along the Iron Mountain Route and four from along the Missouri Pacific Railroad. Railways and locations are identified in neatly brushed hand-lettered painted captions along the bottom margins of each board, identifying two locations in Arkansas ("On the St. Frances River") and seven in Missouri ("Big River Bluffs, Near Desoto," "Lumber Camp on the St. Francis River," "Current River at Doniphan," "Boating Scene, Fairmount Park, Kansas City," "A County Ford, Carthage," "The River Drive, Sweet Springs," and "On the Meramec River Near Valley Park"). Adhesive residue on the versos suggests the photographs were used in some promotional capacity, possibly in a ticket office or train station.

Price: $1,250.00