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| Advertisement | Northern Pacific Railroad (1889) |
| Company/Advertising Agency | Northern Pacific Railroad |
| Publication Source | Tacoma city directory, p. 40 |
| Publisher | R.L. Polk & Company |
| Publisher Location | United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma |
| Publication Date | 1889
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| Advertisement Text | The Great Transcontinental Route. No delays. Fast trains. Lowest rates to St. Paul, Minneapolis, Chicago, and all points east. The only dining car line. The only direct line to Yellowstone Park...Steamship tickets over best lines in the Atlantic Service sold to and from all points in Europe. |
| Contextual Notes | Under the leadership of Henry Villard, Northern Pacific completed a transcontinental railroad from Duluth, Minnesota to Tacoma, Washington in 1883.
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| Category | Railroad travel
Transportation and communication |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Railroad travel--United States; Railroads--United States |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma
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| Digital Collection | Early Advertising |
| Digital ID Number | ADV0243 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Pacific Northwest Collection. 979.745 D62 1889 |
| Object Type | Advertisement |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from text at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008 |
