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Contributor Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909. collector.
Title The Camden & Atlantic Railroad. The short and popular route to Atlantic City. [graphic] : Pocket time card-season of 1882. Depots in Philadelphia foot of Vine-Street and Shackamaxon Street.
Publisher [Philadelphia]
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1882
Date 1882
Physical Description 1 print : chromolithograph ; 11 x 7 cm. (4.25 x 2.75 in.)
Description Illustrated trade card depicting a vignette of a well-dressed family on the beach, including the father wearing a top hat and cane and the mother holding a yellow parasol. Two girls play near the waves while their parents look on. Vignette inset into a larger scene depicing a sailboat in the ocean, a lighthouse, and seashells lining the shore in the foreground. The Camden & Atlantic Railroad began regular service between Camden and Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1855. The railroad was taken over by the West Jersey & Seashore Railroad in 1883.
Notes Contains a condensed timetable ("summer arrangement") for trains traveling between Atlantic City and Philadelphia printed on verso. Includes times for the South Atlantic City Branch and the locations of ticket offices in Philadelphia, Germantown, and Camden, New Jersey.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Digitized.
Subject Camden & Atlantic Railroad.
Railroads -- New Jersey.
Railroads -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Beaches. -- lctgm
Families.
Lighthouses.
Play (Recreation).
Sailboats.
Shells (Anatomy).
Genre Trade cards -- 1880-1890.
Chromolithographs -- 1880-1890.
Timetables -- 1880-1890.
Provenance Phillips, Emily, 1822-1909. collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| trade card - Camden [1975.F.25]
Accession number 1975.F.25