Workmen laying the new railroad track on the night of September 5th / from sketches by a staff artist. – Vintage 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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A window into the past: Workmen laying the new railroad track on the night of September 5th / from sketches by a staff artist., preserved in this antique engraving. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Workmen laying the new railroad track on the night of September 5th / from sketches by a staff artist.
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This wood engraving shows crews laying railroad track at night at Elberon, on the New Jersey shore, on September 5, 1881. The work was tied to the final weeks of President James A. Garfield, who was lying ill at a cottage in Elberon after being shot in July. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper ran the image on September 24, 1881, working from sketches by one of its staff artists. Because the scene was drawn on the spot, it offers a rare view of the lamplit labor behind a national story.
| Created / published | 1881 Sept. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1880-1890.Wood engravings 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1881 Sept. 24, p. 56. |
| Subjects | Railroad construction & maintenance--New Jersey--Elberon--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,000 × 3,723 px · prints to 10 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-213645 |
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