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THBRailway Promotionals Advertising Land Grant Opportunities in the American West
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LiveNov 19, 2020
Cowan’s Auctions, a Hindman Company, is pleased to present the November 19 Fall Auction, featuring over 400 lots of historically significant photography, manuscript material, artwork, and other ephemera dating from the 18th through the early 20th century, including the Civil War. Cowan's Auctions dawnie@cowans.com
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Lot of 5 railroad promotional brochures and broadsides especially advertising land grant opportunities in the American west, comprising: Broadside, 31.5 x 22 in. Iowa and Nebraska Railroad Lands for Sale on Ten Years' Credit. [Burlington, IA]: n.p., [1872]. Advertising the "best prairie lands" for sale in Iowa and Nebraska along the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad with a large map on each side. With facts on both states, it includes an interesting note to "Female Homesteaders. Probably few persons are aware that women have secured and improved homesteads among these rich farming lands, but such is the fact." The Burlington & Missouri Railroad was incorporated in 1852 and was profitable by 1868. In 1869, it expanded into Nebraska, eventually joining with the Union Pacific in 1872 which linked Nebraska to the rest of the country. OCLC locates 10 copies. Brochures, 5.75 x 8.5 in. The Union Pacific R.R. Land Guide, 1880: Cheap Homes! Nebraska Farms, 3,000,000 Acres!. [Omaha]: [Land Dept., Union Pacific Railroad Co.], 1880. Promoting pioneers to Nebraska with 2 maps showing Union Pacific rail lines and land grants across the country and in Nebraska specifically. OCLC locates 6 copies. Folding brochure, folded 4 x 8.25 in., unfolded 30 x 16.25 in. Chicago: Poole Brothers, n.d., [ca 1883-1884]. A Royal Record. Kansas...Reached Via the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe R.R. with maps: Map of Kansas. and Map of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad System Showing its Direct Connecting Lines in the United States and Mexico. With original seal torn at margins. Promoting Kansas and the land grants along the rail lines of the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railroad. OCLC locates 6 copies.Promotional journal disguised as a newspaper. 11 x 14.5 in. Spirit of Arkansas: A Journal for the Farm Home & Workshop. Vol. XI No. 9. Little Rock: S.H. Nowlin & Co., July 15, 1882. An unrecorded 1882 Arkansas land and railway promotional disguised as an issue of The Spirit of Arkansas. With 2-page map, New Railroad and Township Map of Arkansas touting the routes and lands of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad.Broadside, 10.5 x 28 in. Grand Basket Picnic at Burlington Park, Illinois... Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1892. Advertising an outing for the Burlington Railroad near Aurora, Illinois advertising a host of "wholesome and innocent diversions" including Shakespeare performances, baseball, photograph galleries, and the "finest outdoor dancing floor in America." Lists a "Special Train Schedule" with departure times and ticket prices from 14 stations.Iowa and Nebraska - old folds, minor wear. Union Pacific R.R. - light toning, occasional stainsA Royal Record - near repairs at creases, some soiling. With original seal torn at margins. Spirit of Arkansas - short separations along fold lines, light tanning. Grand Basket Picnic - some toning, small tears and chips at edge, folded
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