Description
Original SANTA FE RAILROAD – THE CHIEF WAY vintage railway poster (c. 1947). Several of the trains were named “Chief”—including the San Francisco Chief, Texan Chief, Kansas City Chief, and Super Chief.
The Santa Fe Railroad became one of the largest U.S. railway companies by receiving land grants from the U.S. Government, then selling the land in parcels to farmers.
The image of the “Chief” was introduced in the 1930s in a rare poster for the San Francisco Chief—Santa Fe New Train to Chicago and Texas. The American Indian was present in many of the Santa Fe Railway posters—not only in the “Chief” image, but also as braves seen in other antique posters.
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) was chartered on February 11, 1859, to join Atchison and Topeka, Kansas, with Santa Fe, New Mexico. In its early years, the railroad opened Kansas to settlement. Much of its revenue came from wheat grown there and from cattle driven north from Texas to Wichita and Dodge City by September 1872.
This is an Original Lithograph Vintage Poster; it is not a reproduction. This poster is conservation mounted, linen-backed, and in excellent condition.
3) Condition
Year: 1947 | Size: 18″ x 24″
Professional archival acid-free linen backed in excellent condition—ready to frame.
4) Authentication
Includes a Free Certificate of Authenticity with the artwork.
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- Title: SANTA FE RAILROAD – THE CHIEF WAY
- Artist: Leo Anchoriz
- Year: 1947
- Size: 18″ x 24″
- Type: Original lithograph vintage poster
- Mounting: conservation mounted
- Backing: archival, acid-free linen backed
- Condition: excellent / Grade A
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