Union Telegraph Line

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This broadside announces the service and schedule of the Union Telegraph stage line between Albany, New York, and Boston, Massachusetts. A steamboat, one of the stage’s competitors, is pictured in the background of the engraving. Ironically, the first American railroad began operation in the year that this broadside appeared. Within a decade, railroads would overtake the stagecoach as the dominant form of public transportation in the Northeast.

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Item typeBroadside, Poster
CreatorJohn H. Hall
Date1831
TopicTransportation, Travel, Tourism
EraNational Expansion and Reform, 1816–1860
MaterialPaper
Process/FormatPrinting; Woodblock, woodcut
Dimension detailsHeight: 15.37 in Width: 11.50 in
Catalog #1999.13.510
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John H. Hall. Union Telegraph Line. Broadside/Poster. 1831. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1999-13-510/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.

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