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[Railroad stations: Southern Railway station, Greenville, South Carolina (no. 2618)] – Antique Print

[Railroad stations: Southern Railway station, Greenville, South Carolina (no. 2618)] — historic photograph
[Railroad stations: Southern Railway station, Greenville, South Carolina (no. 2618)]. 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Railroad stations: Southern Railway station, Greenville, South Carolina (no. 2618)] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Railroad stations: Southern Railway station, Greenville, South Carolina (no. 2618)]

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Few details survive for this view of the Southern Railway station in Greenville, South Carolina, beyond the title and the number 2618, which appears to be a series designation on the caption card. The card gives no date, so the photograph's exact year is unknown. The Southern Railway was formed in 1894 from earlier lines that had been reorganized, and by the early twentieth century its passenger depots in towns like Greenville served as gathering places for travelers, freight customers, and local businesses. Depot photographs from this period are useful for seeing how these buildings, and the rail yards around them, shaped the growth of Southern cities.

Medium1 photographic print.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: S.C.--G-; Ga.--; Railroads--Stations; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,963 × 1,500 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-136419

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