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Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific

Southern Pacific "Redwood Empire" 11x17 FRAMED poster

$ 11.61

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Condition: New
  • Restocking Fee: No

    Description

    This 1930's era print by the Southern Pacific Railroad features California Redwoods and was painted by Maurice Logan. He was a commercial artist born in Oakland, California and a professor at the California College of Arts. He painted numerous advertisements for the Southern Pacific in the 1920s and 1930s.
    The forerunner of the Southern Pacific (SP) was the Central Pacific Railroad which the Union Pacific at Promontory Utah to create the first transcontinental railroad. A series of mergers created the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1870. It was not a southern railroad, but a truly Californian railroad that connected the West to Texas and finally terminating in Chicago. In 1929 the Southern Pacific acquired the Cotton Belt Railroad, which extended its trackage from Texas up to St. Louis. The SP had many popular inter-California and long-distance routes, some of which are still carried by today's Amtrak.
    In 1988 the SP was taken over by the parent company of the Rio Grande Railroad and finally in 1996, it merged with its longtime rival Union Pacific. An interesting fact is that the now merged phone company Sprint had its start as a telecommunications subsidiary of Southern Pacific as the Southern Pacific Communications Company to compete with the AT&T monopoly.
    This print is restored from the original and printed on gloss cardstock photo paper which is acid-free and with Canon inks that are guaranteed for 100 years without fading
    The prints come in the frame size as specified with solid plastic trim with a glass cover. We package it to minimize the risk of damage. Please note that the watermark is visible only on website photos and it is not placed on our final poster prints.
    Please see our other prints in our catalogue at
    https://www.ebay.com/usr/vintagetravel.art
    . If you wish to buy more than one print, please make an offer and we will discount your 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th prints by /each and ship them together!