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The world's railroad scene / Swain & Lewis, des. & lith. 103 State, Chicago. – Antique Wall Art

The world's railroad scene / Swain & Lewis, des. & lith. 103 State, Chicago., c1882. — antique lithograph
The world's railroad scene / Swain & Lewis, des. & lith. 103 State, Chicago., c1882.. Antique lithograph from the Chicago 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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A window into the past: The world's railroad scene / Swain & Lewis, des. & lith. 103 State, Chicago., preserved in this antique lithograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Few railroad prints of the early 1880s tie the whole globe to a single line, which sets this chromolithograph from the Chicago firm Swain & Lewis apart. Its subjects name the Illinois Central Railroad, whose main line ran from Chicago south toward the Gulf of Mexico, and the scene combines locomotives and passengers with a globe. Chicago lithographers produced many colorful prints like this in the 1880s, when railroads promoted their routes and the idea of a connected world. The record does not make clear whether Charles I. Felthousen drew the design, held the copyright, or did both.

Created / publishedc1882.
Medium1 print : chromolithograph.
GenreChromolithographs Color 1880-1890.
Notes14132 U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. Copyright 1882. The role of Charles I. Felthousen is unclear, he may be the artist and/or the copyright claimant. DLC
SubjectsIllinois Central Railroad Company--1880-1890. Railroads--Illinois--1880-1890. Railroad locomotives--Illinois--1880-1890. Passengers--Illinois--1880-1890. Globes--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,537 × 1,223 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-176254

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