Wallpaper of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

B&O Wall Paper.jpg

Creator

Unknown

Title

Wallpaper of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad

Coverage

Baltimore

Publisher

Unknown

Date

ca 1830

Description

Believed to be one of the earliest commercial uses of railroad imagery in the United States. This piece of wallpaper shows four wheeled cars labeled for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Interestingly these cars seem to match English freight car designs rather than the early cars of the Baltimore & Ohio from the 1830s.