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Passenger Depot, Carbondale, Illinois – Antique Print

Passenger Depot, Carbondale, Illinois, [between 1880 and 1920] — historic photograph
Passenger Depot, Carbondale, Illinois, [between 1880 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Railroads & Depots 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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Step back in time with Passenger Depot, Carbondale, Illinois, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Passenger Depot, Carbondale, Illinois

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Carbondale, in southern Illinois, grew up around the railroad, and this view records the passenger depot that served travelers arriving and departing the town. Stations like this one were the public face of a rail line, where mail, freight, and passengers came together, and in the decades between 1880 and 1920 they were often the most substantial buildings in small towns. The print is part of the Wittemann Collection at the Library of Congress, and its notes credit the E.E. Scott Co. as the publisher, which points to the commercial postcard and view trade that circulated such images widely at the time.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1920]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1880-1920.
NotesWittemann Collection (Library of Congress). E.E. Scott Co.
SubjectsRailroad stations--Illinois--Carbondale--1880-1920.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,258 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-194216

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