The Archive · 1934

Railway Guide of 90 Years Ago

Charming Sidelights on the Victorians: Advertising of Other Times A sornd to BRADSHAW'S Railway Guide, yellow with age, ite jacket lovingly with sticking plaster, has found its way into the office to-day. The laic on the cover Is September, 1844, The Bradshaw of to-day is arum, of this little book, but there is not Jdone and gave the roads themselves fan opportunity to prove their value. [in terms of Chinese currency, more than $2,000,000 were spent that year on projects located in four provinces. Ordinary circumstances donot provide so large a sum of money and s0 wide a field for experimentation.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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