[Composite of four railroad trains] – Vintage Print
![[Composite of four railroad trains], [between 1874 and 1888] — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/69/693f477e53cf-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: [Composite of four railroad trains], preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Composite of four railroad trains]
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Four separate locomotives share one sheet in this engraving, which the American Bank Note Company kept in an album of its own work, assembled by its president, A.G. Goodall, for the years 1874 to 1888. The firm was a leading maker of engraved securities at the time, and railroad stock and bond certificates of those decades often carried locomotive vignettes that signaled a line's strength. Grouping several engines together suggests a showcase of the company's skill in rendering iron, steam and smoke at fine detail.
| Created / published | [between 1874 and 1888] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Engravings 1870-1890. |
| Notes | In album: Engravings of the American Bank Note Company arranged by Mr. A.G. Goodall, president of the company, 1874-88, p. 47. |
| Subjects | Railroads--1870-1890. Railroad locomotives--1870-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 970 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-163039 |
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