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![1857 Pennsylvania central railroad, in direct connection with the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railroad for Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul. [etc.] ... New York. Booth & Norton, Steam Job printers. August 1857.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvMTg1Ny1wZW5uc3lsdmFuaWEtY2VudHJhbC1yYWlscm9hZC1pbi1kaXJlY3QtY29ubmVjdGlvbi13aXRoLXRoZS1waXR0c2J1cmdoLTEwMjQuanBn/320/675/jpg "1857 Pennsylvania central railroad, in direct connection with the Pittsburgh, Ft. Wayne & Chicago railroad for Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, St. Paul. [etc.] ... New York. Booth & Norton, Steam Job printers. August 1857.")
![Choice farm lands for sale! The Illinois Central rail road company is now prepared to sell about 1,500,000 acres of choice farming lands in tracts of 40 acres and upwards, on long credits and at low rates of interest ... [Chicago? Ill. 1857].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvY2hvaWNlLWZhcm0tbGFuZHMtZm9yLXNhbGUtdGhlLWlsbGlub2lzLWNlbnRyYWwtcmFpbC1yb2FkLWNvbXBhbnktaXMtbm93LXByZXBhcmVkLTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/78/webp "Choice farm lands for sale! The Illinois Central rail road company is now prepared to sell about 1,500,000 acres of choice farming lands in tracts of 40 acres and upwards, on long credits and at low rates of interest ... [Chicago? Ill. 1857].")
![Original air line and United States mail route! 1857. Summer arrangement. 1857. St. Louis, Alton and Chicago air line railroad ... 1857. [Chicago? Ill.].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTcvMDEvMDEvb3JpZ2luYWwtYWlyLWxpbmUtYW5kLXVuaXRlZC1zdGF0ZXMtbWFpbC1yb3V0ZS0xODU3LXN1bW1lci1hcnJhbmdlbWVudC0xODU3LTEtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/77/webp "Original air line and United States mail route! 1857. Summer arrangement. 1857. St. Louis, Alton and Chicago air line railroad ... 1857. [Chicago? Ill.].")
