AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAIN.
Fanny Palmer
American Express Train.
Two-stone lithograph handcolored, 1864.
Large folio - image size 17 5/8 x 27 3/4" (448 x 705 mm).
Good condition and color. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 20034
Price: $30,000.00 Publisher : New York, published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. F. F. Palmer, Del. New Best 50 #14.
“A locomotive, with a train of cars passing over the road at full speed. It is a good print for railroad ticket and express offices and for travelers from abroad who wish to show their friends the modes of travelling in America. (Description from a printed advertisement by the firm of Currier & Ives). In the background is the Hudson River with a paddle wheel steamship. Framed in a 1 1/2" Birds Eye maple with a 1/2" gold metal leaf inset. Currier & Ives , Locomotives & Railroads
