Railroad building on the great plains / drawn by A.R. Waud ; A.R. Waud. – Vintage Photo 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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Railroad building on the great plains / drawn by A.R. Waud ; A.R. Waud. comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Railroad building on the great plains / drawn by A.R. Waud ; A.R. Waud.
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Wagons and railroad workers share the frame in this wood engraving, drawn by A.R. Waud for the July 17, 1875, issue of *Harper's Weekly*. The covered wagons beside the track suggest how rail construction met a landscape where overland travel was still the common way to move people and goods. Waud was a frequent illustrator for the magazine, and he drew many scenes of American expansion for its readers. Printed in a weekly with a wide middle-class audience, the picture shows the railroad as a force reshaping the open plains in the mid-1870s.
| Created / published | 1875 July 17. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1870-1880.Wood engravings 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Title from item. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 19, no. 968 (1875 July 17), p. 577. |
| Subjects | Railroad construction & maintenance--Great Plains--1870-1880. Railroads--Great Plains--1870-1880. Covered wagons--Great Plains--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 5,069 × 4,103 px · prints to 17 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-208491 |
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