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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Travel Poster (25" x 40"); "Washington: The City Beautiful" ; Fine+ Rolled; Artwork by Grif Teller Pennsylvania Railroad, c.1940 Issued by the Pennsylvania Railroad to showcase "Washington, the City Beautiful," this travel poster is rolled and displays border wear with small creases, tears and scuffs, a reattached chip on the left border stabilized with a piece of tape on the back, a vertical tear on the bottom border with horizontal creases beneath the word "Railroad," and a diagonal crease on the lower right corner. The color palette and design create a beautiful, striking image from the 1940s, and this poster will make an excellent addition to collectors' or Railroadiana collections. The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), formally known as the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and commonly called the "Pennsy," was an American Class I railroad founded in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its height in 1882, it was the largest railroad in the world by traffic and revenue, as well as the largest transportation enterprise and corporation globally. This lot will be auctioned on Friday, March 6th. The auction will begin at 9:30am PST / 12:30pm EST / 5:30pm GMT. Lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. Note days 2 and 3 of this auction offer online bidding on propstore.com exclusively, so you will not find them in this catalog. Those lots close on Saturday, March 7th or Sunday, March 8th in the timed online portion of the sale - please visit propstore.com to bid in days 2 and 3 of the sale.