Station at Pontiac, Ill's. – Antique Print
![Station at Pontiac, Ill's., [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/3a/3a59c4827c33-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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A window into the past: Station at Pontiac, Ill's., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Station at Pontiac, Ill's.
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Pontiac, Illinois, is the setting, and the record notes a water tank or tower in the scene, a feature that tied a depot like this to steam locomotives that needed regular water. The picture is an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate negative, made between 1900 and 1905 by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely recording towns, rail lines and scenery across the country. Railroad stations were a favorite subject for the firm, since trains linked small Midwestern communities to larger markets and cities. Worth noticing is how the depot combined passenger service with the working machinery of steam travel.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1905] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | 13" on negative. Includes water tank or tower. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042294. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Railroad stations.United States--Illinois--Pontiac. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 803 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-69580 |
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