PIKE'S PEAK VIA THE WORLD FAMOUS COG ROAD

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

PIKE'S PEAK VIA THE WORLD FAMOUS COG ROAD

Entry/Object ID

88.20.1.1

Description

Booklet - PIKE'S PEAK VIA THE WORLD FAMOUS COG ROAD, printed by Poole Bros., Chicago for Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway, 12 pages, includes last page which forms both front and back cover when booklet is folded in two, magazine-type paper, last page/cover is artist's rendition of railway line with car and locomotive running past mountains and forest, with circular inset depicting viewing platform atop Pike's Peak, cover colors black, dark green, beige, medium green and white, title printed twice on either side of last page reads "PIKE'S PEAK (in red)/Via the World Famous (in black)/COG ROAD (in red)", graphics, artwork and photography in black & white and color, diagrams, maps, time tables, etc. comprise two-thirds of the space, text one-third, location information for railway given.

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Search Terms

Documentary Artifact, Pamphlets

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Object Name

Pamphlets