Horseback rider preceding railroad train on 11th Ave., New York City – Vintage Print
(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 Horseback rider preceding railroad train on 11th Ave., New York City. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Horseback rider preceding railroad train on 11th Ave., New York City
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A rider on horseback moves ahead of a locomotive along 11th Avenue, the Manhattan street where freight trains once ran at street level beside the city's busy docks. The record gives no date, and its title comes from unverified notes kept by the Bain News Service, the press agency whose photographs make up the George Grantham Bain Collection. Men on horseback, often called West Side cowboys, rode ahead of these trains to warn pedestrians, wagon drivers and children, a practice that gave the avenue its nickname, Death Avenue. The picture is worth a close look for its street traffic and for the role a working horse played in the city's rail system.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 936 × 707 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-4128 |
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