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Title: Souvenir album
Year: 1911 (1910s)
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Subjects: Highland Park, Ill. Home for the Aged and Disabled Railroad Employees of America. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Chicago, Traders Print, Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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The Portal of the West The North Western Line is the pioneer line west and northwest from Chicago. The North Western Line was the first American Railway to operate what were thenknown as hotel cars. It was the first American railway to contract with the Pullman Company for opera-tion of sleeping cars. It was the first American railway to build and operate U. S. Railway Mail Cars. It was the first railway to reach the Missouri River, and with its connections, formthe first transcontinental line. Almost 10,000 miles of railway are included in the marvelous system of the NorthWestern Line. It reaches 2,000 growing western cities, towns and villages, included innine Western states, which are thus placed in immediate and vital touch with Chicago. By traffic arrangements with its connecting lines practically every point west andnorthwest of Chicago is placed in direct touch with the city, by through passenger trainservice. Freight shipments are handled with precision and dispatch, consigned

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