Locomotive no.146 Gill & Grier patent smoke consumes(?) Penna R.R. – Antique 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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This rare historic photograph captures Locomotive no.146 Gill & Grier patent smoke consumes(?) Penna R.R. in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Locomotive no.146 Gill & Grier patent smoke consumes(?) Penna R.R.
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Locomotive No. 146 is distinguished by its attached smoke-consuming device, built under a patent held by Gill and Grier. Such designs aimed to cut the heavy black smoke that engines of the 1860s poured over towns, stations, and passengers. The title names the Pennsylvania Railroad, one of the largest carriers of the period, so the card shows a working engine rather than a posed studio subject. The catalog also links the card to Abraham Lincoln and the Soldiers' Home in Washington, D.C., a pairing the record does not explain. The card belongs to the Charles F. Himes collection of stereographs made by amateur photographers.
| Created / published | 1860 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph albumen. |
| Notes | Title from item. Forms part of: Charles F. Himes collection of stereographs by amateur photographers in the Marian S. Carson collection. · Carson Marian S. collector. |
| Subjects | Lincoln Abraham 1809-1865--Homes & haunts--Washington (D.C.) United States Soldiers Home--1860-1870. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Stereograph Cards |
| Original scan | 3,000 × 1,477 px · prints to 10 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-STV-268380 |
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