So. R.R. Co. Crescent Locomotive – Vintage Print
![So. R.R. Co. Crescent Locomotive, [between 1916 and 1917] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/23/23ee612b69bd-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of So. R.R. Co. Crescent Locomotive. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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So. R.R. Co. Crescent Locomotive
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A named passenger train sets this locomotive apart: the record's title, "So. R.R. Co. Crescent," points to the Crescent, a Southern Railway express that ran between New York and New Orleans. The National Photo Company, a Washington, D.C. commercial studio that documented railroads and many other subjects in the early twentieth century, made the glass negative around 1916 to 1917, when steam locomotives still carried most of the country's rail traffic. Because the title comes from unverified notes on the negative sleeve, the identification should be treated as provisional, and the glass shows streaks and blemishes from deterioration of its original coatings.
| 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 | 6,488 × 5,122 px · prints to 22 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-262154 |
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