Sale 2459 - Rare & Important Travel Posters, October 26, 2017

BERN HILL (1911-1977) 214 c AT THE CROSSROADS OF AMERICA. Circa 1950s. 23 3 / 4 x18 inches, 60 1 / 4 x45 3 / 4 cm. Condition A. “The Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad, known affectionately as the Monon, is Indiana’s own. Monon derives from Potawatomi Indian words that sounded to the first settlers like metamonong or monong and seemingly meant ‘tote,’ or ‘swift running.’ In 1882, the railroad started printing ‘The Monon Route’ on company maps, later naming itself ‘Monon - The Hoosier Line’ on timetables, letterheads, and rolling stock” (Monon Railroad Historical-Technical Society, Inc.). [1,500/2,000]