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[Empire State Express (New York Central Railroad) passing thru Washington Street, Syracuse, N.Y.] – Historic Photograph Print

[Empire State Express (New York Central Railroad) passing thru Washington Street, Syracuse, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Empire State Express (New York Central Railroad) passing thru Washington Street, Syracuse, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Empire State Express (New York Central Railroad) passing thru Washington Street, Syracuse, N.Y.] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Empire State Express (New York Central Railroad) passing thru Washington Street, Syracuse, N.Y.]

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The train in this view is the Empire State Express, the New York Central's flagship run between New York and Buffalo, shown crossing Washington Street in Syracuse. The negative is marked "H 111" and "extra," which may refer to the locomotive or a special run, though the record does not say. The Detroit Publishing Company made the glass plate between about 1900 and 1915, when the railroad was a central part of Syracuse's street life and industry. Street-level rail crossings like this one show how closely trains, traffic, and downtown commerce shared the same space in that era.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. H 111" and "extra" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039378. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCommercial facilities. Streets. Railroads.United States--New York (State)--Syracuse.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 798 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69047

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