Pioneer locomotive C. & N.W. R.R. First locomotive to run out of Chicago, built ca. 1862 – 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Pioneer locomotive C. & N.W. R.R. First locomotive to run out of Chicago, built ca. 1862. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Pioneer locomotive C. & N.W. R.R. First locomotive to run out of Chicago, built ca. 1862
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Unlike most locomotive portraits of the period, this one is tied by its caption to a specific claim: that it was the first engine to run out of Chicago on the Chicago & North Western line. The record dates the engine to about 1862 and the print to about 1898, and it flags the caption data as unverified, so the claim is best read as the caption's own account. Views like this were often made as railroads looked back on their early years, when steam was still new to the city and rail lines were turning Chicago into a national hub for shipping and travel. The copyright notice credits C.D. Arnold, a Chicago photographer, which places the print in the city's commercial photography trade of the late 1890s.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photoprint copyrighted by C.D. Arnold. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,186 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-160397 |
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