Museum purchase, 1986.136.1, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History, No known copyright

The Berlin Iron Bridge Co.

SubjectAdvertisement for Berlin Iron Bridge Company American, 1870 - 1905

Date1880-1900

MediumChromolithograph; black and colored printer's inks on paper in frame

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 15 1/8 × 24in. (38.4 × 61cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionChromolithographic advertising poster for the Berlin Iron Bridge Company of East Berlin, Connecticut. It depicts a locomotive-shaped iron car or container on a wagon pulled by six horses crossing an iron bridge over a river. There is a steamboat filled with passengers on the river. It is flying an American flag and a blue a flag marked "BIB Co." A Victorian residence and a coach appear at the left. In the "sky" portion of the print, text reads, "The Berlin Iron Bridge Co. East Berlin, Conn. Binghamton N.Y."

Object number1986.136.1

InscribedTitle text: "THE / BERLIN / IRON BRIDGE CO. / EAST BERLIN, CONN. / BINGHAMTON, N.Y."

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