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Inauguration of the Sempione, International Exposition Milan 1906

Inauguration of the Sempione, International Exposition Milan 1906 Italy
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Stock #:757432
Type: Postcard
City: Milan
Country: Italy
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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Official Postcard Milan Exposition, artist Leopoldo Metlicovitz. The occasion for the 1906 international exhibition was the inauguration of the Simplon Tunnel, the world's longest railway tunnel. The new Simplon Express connected Milan to the metropoles of Paris and London. Poster depicts Mercury at the helm of a locomotive, coming out of a dark tunnel with the Cathedral of Milan in the distance.

From the Darlene Thorne Collection
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