Excursion rates to Cassopolis : affording all an opportunity to hear the address of Booker T. Washington / Grand Trunk Railway System ; Schober Printing Company.

Poster advertises trains from locations from northern Indiana and southwest Michigan to Cassopolis for speech by Booker T. Washington. Bottom of poster includes names of Grand Trunk Railway System administrators.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada (Issuing body)
Schober Printing Company (Publisher)
Language:English
Published: [Detroit] : Grand Trunk Railway System, [1902]
Subjects:
Genre:
Ownership and Custodial History:
Stamp in blue ink on verso: "S. B. McCracken." (this is Stephen Bromley McCracken (1824-1902), Michigan-based author and journalist); housed with five early 20th-century newspaper clippings related to Washington acquired along with item, including a transcript of Washington's speech at Cassopolis; bookseller's description, by Whitmore Rare Books, Pasadena, California, available in MSS 466, Box 5, Folder 64.
Local Note:
MSU: Acquired with a signed copy of Washington's "Up from Slavery" (1901; cataloged separately).
Physical Description:1 poster : color ; 53 x 18 cm
Variant Title:
Friday, July 18
Grand Trunk Railway System
Format: Poster

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