railroad tracks – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of railroad tracks. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.
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Rails running straight toward a far point are one of the oldest visual themes in American picture-making, and this view puts the tracks at the center. Railroads spread across the country through the 19th century, and the completion of the transcontinental line in 1869 showed how the steel ribbons could tie distant towns to markets and to one another. Tracks like these were built and maintained by large crews, and their converging lines made a natural subject for photographers and printmakers. Look at how the rails narrow toward the horizon, a perspective that gave viewers a sense of the distance trains could cover.
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,400 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 2168578246_7fe426b6e4_o railroad tracks |
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