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General view of bolt shop, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A. – Historic Photo Reproduction

General view of bolt shop, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A., Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Co., manufacturers, publishers, c1905. — historic photograph
General view of bolt shop, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A., Meadville, Pa. : Keystone View Co., manufacturers, publishers, c1905.. Historic photograph from the Philadelphia 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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General view of bolt shop, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.A.

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The bolt shop at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia is the focus of this stereograph, a card meant to be viewed through a stereoscope for a three-dimensional effect. Baldwin was one of the largest locomotive builders in the United States, and its Philadelphia plant turned out engines for railroads at home and abroad. Keystone View Company of Meadville, Pennsylvania, produced and sold stereo views like this one in large numbers around 1905, offering armchair tours of industry, cities and landscapes. The card shows the workshop floor and its machinery, a reminder of how much hand and machine labor went into building each locomotive.

Created / publishedMeadville, Pa. : Keystone View Co., manufacturers, publishers, c1905.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
GenreStereographs 1900-1910.Photographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesH70653 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 7082.
SubjectsBaldwin Locomotive Works--Facilities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1900-1910. Railroad locomotive industry--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1900-1910. Machinery--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,291 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-180424

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