Advertising (steamboat)

Summary

• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: This is an advertisement from the Pioneer Fast Line Company advertising three routes of travel which include rail, canal packets and steamboats. The largest caption says in part: From Philadelphia to Pittsburgh; the second indicates: From Pittsburgh to Louisville; and the third caption reads: Passengers for Cincinnati, Louisville, Natchez, Nashville, St. Louis, &c. This is apparently an early ad since it includes a drawing of a horse drawn canal boat in operation. The is also a drawing of a very early train. The advertisement is signed by A. B. Cummings, Agent