- Title: "Best Line for All Points | West, Northwest and Southwest "Burlington Route"
- Author: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
- Date: c.1900
- Condition: Excellent
- Inches: 10 3/4 x 13 5/8 [Image]
- Centimeters: 27.30 x 34.60 [Image]
- Product ID: 308710
Turn-of-the-century promotional broadside for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (“Burlington Route”) declaring it the “Best Line for all points West, Northwest and Southwest,” with a finely engraved system map showing through daily trains from Chicago, Peoria, and Saint Louis to Omaha, Lincoln, Denver, Deadwood, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Atchison, St. Paul, and Minneapolis, framed by bold Burlington Route panels and elegant display type.
Verso:
Companion advertisement for the Wisconsin Central Lines promoting “The Through Car Line Chicago – Yellowstone National Park” and “The direct route to the famous summer resorts of the Northwest,” illustrated with vignettes of wooded lakeshores, a named resort (Greenwood Park), lineside scenery, and the imposing Chicago depot, and emphasizing modern comforts such as Pullman vestibule sleepers and elegant dining cars, with travel literature available from General Passenger and Ticket Agent Jas. C. Pond in Chicago.
Issued by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (‘Burlington Route’) in conjunction with the Wisconsin Central Lines.
Background on Creator
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, widely known as the “Burlington Route,” emerged from an 1849 Illinois short line into a major Midwestern and trans‑Missouri system, and by the late 19th century it relied heavily on illustrated broadsides, pamphlets, and posters to promote its expanding network and through passenger services.
Burlington Route advertising of this era emphasized “everywhere west” coverage, direct connections to tourist regions and national parks, and the comfort of its equipment, anticipating the more famous “Everywhere West” and “Way of the Zephyrs” campaigns that later branded its streamlined passenger trains.