Detail View: Streetcar Advertising Cards: W6826.jpg
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Filename:
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W6826.jpg
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Category:
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Transportation
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Brand:
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Phoebe Snow
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Company:
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Lackawanna Railroad
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Coverage:
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Local
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Product Status:
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Service No Longer Available
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Headline:
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Lackawanna Railroad
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Card Text:
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Here Phoebe may By night or day Enjoy her book Upon the way -- Electric light Dispels the night Upon the Road Of Anthracite. Lackawanna Railroad
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Border Text:
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None
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Date:
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ca1910
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Size:
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11" x 21"
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Remarks:
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Phoebe Snow�was a�fictional character�created by�Earnest Elmo Calkins�to promote the�Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad from about 1900 to 1917. The advertising campaign was one of the first to present a fictional character based on a live model amid impressionistic techniques.
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Source:
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Western Railway Museum
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