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[Cincinnati, Ohio, inclined plane] – Vintage Print

[Cincinnati, Ohio, inclined plane], [between 1890 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Cincinnati, Ohio, inclined plane], [between 1890 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Cincinnati collection.

(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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Cincinnati's hillside inclines carried riders and cars up slopes too steep for ordinary streets, and this view focuses on the trestle structure that supported the track as it climbed. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made thousands of western and eastern views around 1890 to 1910, often photographed such engineering works as examples of the city's growth. The image was made on a large glass dry plate, a common method of the period that captured fine detail in the framework and the lay of the land.

Created / published[between 1890 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033439. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsTrestles.United States--Ohio--Cincinnati.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 784 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66700

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