1920's CHICAGO BEACH RAILROAD ILLINOIS CENTRAL VACATION TRAVEL ART POSTER 318811

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View 1920's CHICAGO BEACH RAILROAD ILLINOIS CENTRAL VACATION TRAVEL ART POSTER 318811 with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Its main line went from Cairo, Illinois, at the southern tip of the state, to Galena, in the northwest corner. On May 1, 1971, Amtrak took over intercity rail service. It retained service over the IC mainline, but dropped the Panama Limited in favor of the City of New Orleans. img{max-width:100%} ORIGINALLY A FRONT COVER FOR A TRAVEL PROMO USED ON THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CIRCA 1920'S. GREAT DEPICTION OF ONE OF THE FINE CHICAGO VACATION BEACHES DURING SUMMERTIME WITH CITY IN DISTANCE AND LOTS OF HAPPY TOURISTS. FINE COLORS AND ARTWORK.. LOTS OF FUN. PLEASE SEE PHOTO FOR DETAILS AND CONDITION OF THIS NEW POSTER SIZE OF POSTER PRINT - 12 X 18 INCHES DATE OF ORIGINAL PRINT, POSTER OR ADVERT - 1920's At PosterPrint Shop we look for rare & unusual ITEMS OF commercial graphics from throughout the world. The PosterPrints are printed on high quality 48 # acid free PREMIUM GLOSSY PHOTO PAPER (to insure high depth ink holding and wrinkle free product) Most of the PosterPrints have APPROX 1/4" border MARGINS for framing, to use in framing without matting. MOST POSTERPRINTS HAVE IMAGE SIZE OF 11.5 X 17.5. As decorative art these PosterPrints give you - the buyer - an opportunity to purchase and enjoy fine graphics (which in most cases are rare in original form) in a size and price range to fit most all. As graphic collectors ourselves, we take great pride in doing the best job we can to preserve and extend the wonderful historic graphics of the past. Should you have any questions please feel free to email us and we will do our best to clarify. We use USPS. WE ship items DAILY. We ship in custom made extra thick ROUND TUBES..... WE SHIP POSTERPRINTS ROLLED + PROTECTED BY PLASTIC BAG For multiple purchases please wait for our invoice... THANKS. We pride ourselves on quality product, service and shipping.  POSTERPRINTARTSHOP DESCRIPTION OF ITEM : additional information: ARTIST:  PAUL PROEHL P aul Proehl was an American artist who was born in 1887.  The artist died in 1965.  Proehl, trained as an architect, became a prominent illustrator and advertising artist. This is one in a series of stylish posters he created for the Illinois Central Railroad, all of which featured prominent, beautiful young women. The   Illinois Central Railroad   (reporting mark   IC ), sometimes called the   Main Line of Mid-America , was a   railroad   in the   Central United States, with its primary routes connecting   Chicago, Illinois, with   New Orleans, Louisiana, and   Mobile, Alabama. A line also connected Chicago with   Sioux City, Iowa   (1870). There was a significant branch to   Omaha, Nebraska   (1899), west of   Fort Dodge, Iowa, and another branch reaching   Sioux Falls, South Dakota   (1877), starting from   Cherokee, Iowa. The Sioux Falls branch has been abandoned in its entirety. The   Canadian National Railway   acquired control of the IC in 1998, and merged its operations in 1999. Illinois Central continues to exist as a   paper railroad. The IC was one of the oldest   Class I railroads   in the United States. The company was incorporated by the   Illinois General Assembly   on January 16, 1836.   Within a few months Rep.   Zadok Casey   (D-Illinois) introduced a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives authorizing a   land grant   to the company to construct a line from the mouth of the Ohio River to   Chicago   and on to   Galena.   Federal support, however, was not approved until 1850, when U.S. President   Millard Fillmore   signed a land grant for the construction of the railroad.   The Illinois Central was the first land-grant railroad in the United States. The Illinois Central was chartered by the Illinois General Assembly on February 10, 1851 ]   Senator   Stephen A. Douglas   and later President   Abraham Lincoln   were both Illinois Central men who lobbied for it. Douglas owned land near the terminal in Chicago. Lincoln was a lawyer for the railroad. Illinois legislators appointed   Samuel D. Lockwood, recently retired from the   Illinois Supreme Court   (who may have given both lawyers the oral examination before admitting them to the Illinois bar), as a trustee on the new railroad's board to guard the public's interest. Lockwood, who would serve more than two decades until his death, had overseen federal land monies shortly after Illinois' statehood, then helped oversee early construction of the recently completed   Illinois and Michigan Canal. Upon its completion in 1856, the IC was the longest railroad in the world. Its main line went from   Cairo, Illinois, at the southern tip of the state, to   Galena, in the northwest corner. A branch line went from   Centralia   (named for the railroad), to the rapidly growing city of   Chicago. In Chicago its tracks were laid along the shore of   Lake Michigan   and on an offshore causeway downtown, but land-filling and natural deposition have moved the present-day shore to the east. Track from Centralia, Il north to Freeport, Il was abandoned in the 90s,   as traffic to Galena was routed via Chicago, then to Galena and vice versa. Following the   American Civil War, in 1867 the Illinois Central extended its track into   Iowa. During the 1870s and 1880s, the IC acquired and expanded railroads in the southern United States. IC lines crisscrossed the state of   Mississippi   and went as far as   New Orleans, Louisiana, to the south and   Louisville, Kentucky, in the east. In the 1880s, northern lines were built to   Dodgeville, Wisconsin,   Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and   Omaha, Nebraska. Further expansion continued into the early twentieth century. The Illinois Central, and the other "Harriman lines" owned by   E.H. Harriman   by the 20th century, became the target of the   Illinois Central shopmen's strike of 1911. Although marked by violence and sabotage in the south, midwest, and western states, the strike was effectively over in a few months. The railroads simply hired replacements, among them African-American strikebreakers, and withstood diminishing union pressure. The strike was eventually called off in 1915. Illinois Central was the major carrier of passengers on its Chicago-to-New Orleans mainline and between Chicago and St. Louis. IC also ran passengers on its Chicago-to-Omaha line, though it was never among the top performers on this route. Illinois Central's largest passenger terminal,   Central Station, stood at 12th Street east of Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Due to the railroad's north-south route from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes, Illinois Central passenger trains were one means of transport during the   African American   Great Migration   of the 1920s. Illinois Central's most famous train was the   Panama Limited , a premier all-Pullman car service between Chicago and New Orleans, with a section breaking off at Carbondale to serve St. Louis. In 1949, it added a daytime all-coach companion, the   City of New Orleans,   which operated with a St. Louis section breaking off at Carbondale and a   Louisville   section breaking off at   Fulton, Kentucky. In 1967, due to losses incurred by the operation of the train, the Illinois Central combined the Panama Limited with a coach-only train called the   Magnolia Star . On May 1, 1971, Amtrak took over intercity rail service. It retained service over the IC mainline, but dropped the   Panama Limited   in favor of the   City of New Orleans.   However, since it did not connect with any other trains in either New Orleans or Chicago, Amtrak moved the route to an overnight schedule and brought back the   Panama Limited   name. However, it restored the   City of New Orleans   name in 1981, while retaining the overnight schedule. This was to capitalize on the popularity of a   song about the train   written by   Steve Goodman   and performed by   Arlo Guthrie.   Willie Nelson's recording of the song was #1 on the Hot Country Charts in 1984. Illinois Central ran several other trains along the main route including   The Creole   and   The Louisiane . The   Green Diamond   was the Illinois Central's premier train between Chicago, Springfield and St. Louis. Other important trains included the   Hawkeye   which ran daily between Chicago and Sioux City and the   City of Miami   eventually running every other day between Chicago and Miami via the   Atlantic Coast Line, the   Central of Georgia Railroad   and   Florida East Coast Railway. The Illinois Central was also a major operator of   commuter trains   in the Chicago area, operating what eventually became the "IC Electric" line from Randolph Street Terminal in downtown Chicago to the southeast suburbs. In 1987, IC sold this line to   Metra, who operates it as the   Metra Electric District. It still operates out of what is now   Millennium Station, which is still called "Randolph Street Terminal" by many longtime Chicago-area residents. In honor of the   Panama Limited,   the Electric District appears as "Panama Orange" on Metra system maps and timetables. Additionally, the IC operated a second commuter line out of Chicago (the   West Line) which served Chicago's western suburbs. Unlike the electrified commuter service, the West Line did not generate much traffic and was eliminated in 1931. Amtrak presently runs three trains daily over this route, the   City of New Orleans   and the   Illini   and   Saluki   between Chicago and Carbondale. Another Illinois corridor service is planned for the former   Black Hawk   route between Chicago, Rockford and Dubuque. Amtrak, at the state of Illinois' request, did a feasibility study to reinstate the   Black Hawk   route to Rockford and Dubuque. Initial capital costs range from $32 million to $55 million, depending on the route. Once in operation, the service would require roughly $5 million a year in subsidies from the state. On December 10, 2010, IDOT announced the route choice for the resumption of service to begin in 2014 going over mostly   CN   railway. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution Condition: New. Category: Art › Art Posters.

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