O. Col. & Newport Railway. Grand Excursion. Boston to Rocky Point! Wednesday, August 28, 1867.
[Boston]: n.a., 1867. 1 sheet. [1 p]. 19 x 24 inches (48.5 x 61 cm). First edition. A very good copy, some toning at the center crease, minor wear to edge. Item #44783
Broadside printed on yellow paper advertizing a combined railroad and steamer trip from Boston to Rocky Point, RI. The train would travel to Falls River where it connected with the Steamer Canonicus, which then traveled to Rocky Point. Lists stops and fares. Notes that "A Band of Music will accompany the Excursion." Signed and dated in type "Boston, August 15, 1867. W.H. Bullock [William Henry], Sup't." OCLC locates no copies of this broadside, but shows the American Antiquarian Society holding a similar item issued a year later (American Broadsides and Ephemera. Series 1; no. 14733).
Price: $500.00