Advertisement for Street Car and Omnibus made by John Stephenson of New York

John Durand III

1865 · Wood engraving · Drawings and Prints

This page with advertisements was taken from the 1865 book 'Grant and his Generals', written by John Durand. It shows two illustrations of omnibuses, designed by the renowned New York street car maker John Stephenson, who was the inventor of the omnibus. The engraving is a historic record of an important discovery in the field of commercial transportation in the United States during the nineteenth century.

Artist

John Durand III

Date

1865

Medium

Wood engraving

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of Merri Ferrell, 2019