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Chicago and North Western Ry. passenger train – Vintage Wall Art

Chicago and North Western Ry. passenger train, [c1898] — historic photograph
Chicago and North Western Ry. passenger train, [c1898]. Historic photograph 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 large 18 by 22 inch glass negative records a Chicago and North Western Railway passenger train, made around 1898. The negative's log entry suggests it was the left section of a longer panorama, with the rest of the set held elsewhere. The Detroit Publishing Company, which produced many such views for sale, used cameras like this to capture the scale of American rail travel at the turn of the century. Chicago, where the North Western ran its main lines, was then the country's busiest rail hub, and trains like this one carried commuters, freight and long-distance travelers out of its stations.

Created / published[c1898]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 18 x 22 in.
GenreMammoth plates.Panoramic photographs.Glass negatives.
NotesListed in Detroit Publishing Co. negative log as no. L- 10202. Probably used as a left section of a panorama, other section(s) not in collection. Copyright by Detroit Photographic Co." and "01959" on negative. Brown paper tape on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01959. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsChicago and North Western Railway Company. Railroads.United States--Illinois.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-80003

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