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The New York Central's COMMODORE VANDERBILT – Antique Wall Art

The New York Central's COMMODORE VANDERBILT, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
The New York Central's COMMODORE VANDERBILT, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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Step back in time with The New York Central's COMMODORE VANDERBILT, a historic photograph rich in period 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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Few named locomotives on the New York Central carried as much meaning as the COMMODORE VANDERBILT, which honored Cornelius Vanderbilt, the shipping and railroad magnate known as "the Commodore." In the 1860s he pulled several lines together into the New York Central system, and naming an engine for him signaled the family's pride in the road. The card for this print gives no date, and its subject tags, including a Clinton and a Vanderbilt born in 1843, may not match the subject, so treat them with caution. The Wittemann Collection is known for its careful railroad views, and images like this one show how the company presented its locomotives to the public.

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: BI; RR--Companies--NYC; RR--Locomotives; Shelf. Clinton, De Witt, 1769-1828; Vanderbilt, Cothelius[?], 1843-1899.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,247 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-147549

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