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Lackawanna Railroad advertisement with Phoebe and porter
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Postcard showing woman in white hat and dress sitting abroad a train with the porter directly across from her cleaning part of the train. Poem text fills the space between them.

Credit: American Premier Underwriters, Inc.

This postcard, a part of a series created in the early twentieth century in a famous adveritising campaign entitled The Road of Anthracite, conveys the cleanliness, comfort, and safety of Lackawanna rail travel through its character Phoebe Snow.

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