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Four trains passing Little Falls – Antique Wall Art

Four trains passing Little Falls, c1890. — historic photograph
Four trains passing Little Falls, c1890.. Historic photograph from the Railroads & Depots 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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Four trains share the frame at Little Falls, New York, where the New York Central's tracks run close beside the Mohawk River. The railroad commissioned the view around 1890 from the studio of William Henry Jackson, a photographer known for his western landscapes and his later railroad work. Albumen prints like this one were the standard photographic reproduction of the period, and the picture shows how crowded the main line through the valley had become by the end of the century. Its listing in Jackson's 1898 *catalog of the W.H. Jackson Views* suggests the firm regarded it as a showcase of the railroad's reach.

Created / publishedc1890.
Medium1 photographic print mounted on mat board : albumen ; image 43 x 53.7 cm.
GenreColo." Copyright deposit no. 35663. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 1527. Copyright deposit. State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
NotesCommissioned by New York Central Railroad, 1890. Listed in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). W.H. Jackson & Co.
SubjectsRailroads.United States--New York (State)--Little Falls.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,000 × 2,428 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-202029

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