Track to be straightened, Normal, Ill's. – Antique Print
![Track to be straightened, Normal, Ill's., [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2f/2f0de0ca5d18-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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This rare historic photograph captures Track to be straightened, Normal, Ill's. 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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Track to be straightened, Normal, Ill's.
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Railroad track in Normal, Illinois, is the subject here: a rail line being straightened, caught on a glass dry plate negative from the early 1900s. The Detroit Publishing Company, based in Detroit, produced thousands of such views between roughly 1890 and the 1920s, often marketed as hand-colored prints of American towns, landscapes and industry. Normal, a town next to Bloomington, grew up around its rail connections, and work crews adjusting track like this one kept those lines running safely and on schedule. The 8 x 10 inch plate and its catalog number, 042299, make it a useful record of everyday railroad maintenance from that period.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1905] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | 19" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042299. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Railroad tracks. Railroad construction & maintenance.United States--Illinois--Normal. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 791 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-69583 |
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