1885 ELECTRIC EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE
Posted: Thu Dec 17, 2015 10:29 am
Found this in an old 1885 lighting/electric products catalog--thought you'd find it of interest
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1885 ELECTRIC EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE
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Re: 1885 ELECTRIC EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE
Posted: 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.
Re: 1885 ELECTRIC EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE
Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 9:22 pm
Well that's fifteen years before JLC started in New York.
Re: 1885 ELECTRIC EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE
Posted: Sun Dec 20, 2015 8:02 am
What I loved most about it were all the details. Wish there was a REAL illustration though!
Re: 1885 ELECTRIC EXPRESS LOCOMOTIVE
Posted: 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.