Southern R.R. Co. Crescent Locomotive – Vintage Print
![Southern R.R. Co. Crescent Locomotive, [between 1916 and 1917] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/02/0243182553ce-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Southern R.R. Co. Crescent Locomotive comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Southern R.R. Co. Crescent Locomotive
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The locomotive is identified in the record as belonging to the Southern Railway and carrying the name of its Crescent service, a passenger route that linked the Northeast with New Orleans. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C., firm that produced large numbers of commercial views of railroads and other subjects in the early twentieth century, made the negative around 1916 or 1917. The title comes from information the company wrote on the negative or its sleeve, and it has not been independently verified, so the identification should be read with that in mind. Viewers should also notice the streaks and blemishes across the glass, which come from deterioration of the original coating over time.
| Created / published | [between 1916 and 1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch seven. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,472 × 5,105 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-262155 |
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