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[An American locomotive engine and cow catcher] – Historic Print

[An American locomotive engine and cow catcher] — antique engraving
[An American locomotive engine and cow catcher]. Antique engraving from the Trains 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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This antique engraving of [An American locomotive engine and cow catcher] brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[An American locomotive engine and cow catcher]

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Its title points to an American locomotive fitted with a cow catcher, the wedge-shaped iron frame on the front of the engine that cleared livestock and debris from the track. The wood engraving appeared in *The Graphic*, a London illustrated weekly, on October 11, 1873, when British readers were often curious about American railroads and their differences from home-built engines. The catcher's blunt, forward-projecting shape is the detail worth noticing, since it became a familiar emblem of the American railroad.

Medium1 print : wood engraving.
Notes1873
SubjectsWood engraving in the Graphic, October 11, 1873. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads--Locomotives; 1; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan3,000 × 4,531 px · prints to 10 × 15 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127589

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