1885 ELECTRIC EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE

javinda · Post by **javinda** » Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:29 am

Found this in an old 1885 lighting/electric products catalog--thought you'd find it of interest

Post by **paulrace** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 8:01 pm

Great find. 1885. I'm sure it didn't look like that Currier and Ives engraving they plagiarize to advertise the thing, though.

winced36 · Post by **winced36** » Fri Dec 18, 2015 9:22 pm

Well that's fifteen years before JLC started in New York.

javinda · Post by **javinda** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:02 am

What I loved most about it were all the details. Wish there was a REAL illustration though!

Post by **paulrace** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 9:30 pm

Betcha the printer just used a block (the Currier & Ives engraving) he had left over from something else, since there wasn't time or money to make a new engraving. Lots difference from snapping a photo with your I-phone and posting it on the internet 5 minutes later.