Bau der Ḥigâzbahn, Beschotterung des Bahnkörpers, 1906 – Vintage Wall Art
(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 print captures Bau der Ḥigâzbahn, Beschotterung des Bahnkörpers, 1906 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Bau der Ḥigâzbahn, Beschotterung des Bahnkörpers, 1906
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Rather than a station or a locomotive, this plate shows the unglamorous work of ballasting, when crews spread crushed stone along the bed to hold the ties and rails in place. It documents construction of the Hejaz Railway, the Ottoman line begun at Damascus in 1900 and extended south toward Medina, which was completed in 1908. Published as plate 55 in a 1916 Berlin portfolio of views from Palestine, northern Arabia, and the Sinai, the photoprint by B. Moritz preserves a record of the workers who built the desert route.
| Created / published | 1906 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print. |
| Genre | Photomechanical prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Photoprint by B. Moritz. Plate 55 in portfolio: Bilder aus Palästina, Nord Arabien und dem Sinai. Berlin : Dietrich Riemer, 1916. |
| Subjects | Railroad construction & maintenance--Saudi Arabia--1900-1910. Railroad construction workers--Saudi Arabia--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 976 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-162474 |
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