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| Advertisement | Portland-San Francisco Passenger Train Service (1889) |
| Company/Advertising Agency | Southern Pacific Railroad Company |
| Publication Source | Tacoma city directory, p. 42 |
| Publisher | R.L. Polk & Company |
| Publisher Location | United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma |
| Publication Date | 1889
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| Advertisement Text | The Mount Shasta route. Via Southern Pacific Company's lines...New all-rail line passing through the beautiful Willamette, Umpqua and Rogue River Valleys...The grand scenic route of the Pacific Coast...Fares reduced to $25, $20 and $15...Pullman buffet sleepers run through between Portland and San Francisco. Through tickets, $5 per double berth. Tourist sleeping cars, for accommodation of second-class passengers, attached to express trains. |
| Contextual Notes | On December 17, 1887, the last spike of the Oregon and California railroad was driven in Ashland, establishing a rail route from Portland to California.
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| Category | Railroad travel
Transportation and communication
Tourism and travel
Cost and standard of living |
| 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 | ADV0275 |
| 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 |
