New terminal depot at Philadelphia. Reading railroad system – Antique Wall Art
![New terminal depot at Philadelphia. Reading railroad system, [no date recorded on shelflist card] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/33/33c2b9bf88cb-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 historic print of New terminal depot at Philadelphia. Reading railroad system brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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New terminal depot at Philadelphia. Reading railroad system
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The new terminal depot of the Reading Railroad at Philadelphia is the particular subject here, a station complex built by a railroad whose lines radiated out from the city and carried coal and passengers across eastern Pennsylvania. The record gives no date, and the shelflist card credits the firm Heffron & Phelps, so the print's exact origin remains uncertain. Railroad terminals of this kind were among the largest and most visible structures in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American cities, and the Reading's Philadelphia facilities were central to its operations.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on shelflist card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Heffron & Phelps. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,138 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109436 |
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