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Advertising Poster Timely Events Stainless Steel Train Art Deco Reading Railway Original vintage newspaper poster Timely Events the World in Pictures, Volume Two, Number 46, December 21, 1937, Chicago. The poster features a black and white photograph of a train going over an arched brick bridge with electricity lines above and trees in the background. The text reads: The First Stainless Steel Train. Philadelphia, P.A. - The five-car air conditioned train of the Reading Railway system, crossing the Falls Bridge over the Schuylkill River. A hundred years ago the line put in service its first engine, known as the "Rocket", then the last word. - Timely news flash - A.F. of L. declines to take over C.I.O. until communists are thrown out. - Eight high Soviet officials shot to death in renewal of "purge". - Mail your Christmas packages early. Printed in the United States. Good condition, folds, ink stamp on reverse. Country of issue: USA, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 44x28, year of printing: 1937.
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