Chessie (mascot)
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title:
Chessie (mascot)
text:
Chessie was a popular cat character used as a symbol of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O). Derived from an etching by Viennese artist Guido Grünewald, the image first appeared in a black and white advertisement in the September 1933 issue of Fortune magazine with the slogan "Sleep Like a Kitten." The advertisement makes no mention of the cat's name. When the ad generated a positive response, the railroad developed an advertising campaign around the image and chose the name Chessie as a deriv
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description:
Mascot of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chessie_(mascot)
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date modified:
2023-08-21T04:12:12Z
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