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[Railroad train passing under bridge, with the locomotive in foregrd., near Lebanon, Pa. (?) – Vintage Print

[Railroad train passing under bridge, with the locomotive in foregrd., near Lebanon, Pa. (?), [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
[Railroad train passing under bridge, with the locomotive in foregrd., near Lebanon, Pa. (?), [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Railroads & Depots 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Railroad train passing under bridge, with the locomotive in foregrd., near Lebanon, Pa. (?). An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Railroad train passing under bridge, with the locomotive in foregrd., near Lebanon, Pa. (?)

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A locomotive fills the foreground as the train passes beneath a bridge, so the engine, not the span, is the main subject. The caption card places the scene near Lebanon, Pennsylvania, but with a question mark, and it gives no date, so the exact site and year remain unconfirmed. Lebanon Valley was a busy rail corridor, and photographers of that era often recorded locomotives and bridges to show the growing network of tracks that carried coal, iron, and freight across the region. The picture is worth a close look for its composition, with the engine pressed forward against the arch of the bridge.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsWittemann Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa.--Lebanon region?; Bridges--Pa.--Lebanon region; RR--Locomotives; Geogr.; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,000 × 4,003 px · prints to 10 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147048

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