Photograph, Cabinet
Cabinet card bearing a satirical image combining photography and hand drawing depicting James "Jimmy," Rhines of the Grand Army of the Republic, and City Ticket Agent of the Michigan Central Railroad. He is seated atop the engine of a moving train and wearing a blue suit and pants with a red flower in his collar. He holds several papers with railway name abbreviations in his left hand, and his right hand in his suit pocket. The train track is running through a grass field, with a black fence in the background. The abbreviations in Rhines's papers read, in descending order, are:
MC [Michigan Central Railroad]
MC [Michigan Central Railroad]
CRI [Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad]
KP [Kansas Pacific Railway]
TS [Tidewater Southern Railway]
NP [Northern Pacific Railway]
UP [Union Pacific Railroad]
Underneath the image is a caption that reads
From Michigan's tall whispering pines
To Lake Superior's farthest mines
One man above all others, shines
And that is gallant Jimmy Rhines
The image is applied to a cabinet card, the verso of which has an ornate border and, upside down, the logo for the photographer J.E. Watson, and underneath that it is written
236 Woodward Avenue.
Detroit. - - - Mich.
Duplicates of this picture can be had at any time.
