train robbery – Vintage Wall Art
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Step back in time with train robbery, a historic image rich in period detail. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
train robbery
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A train being held up is the subject here, a scene that became a staple of American rail travel once transcontinental lines opened up remote country. Armed gangs stopped trains on lonely stretches of track, forced crews to halt, and targeted express cars carrying payrolls, mail, and bank shipments. The theme moved quickly into popular culture, most famously in Edwin S. Porter's 1903 film *The Great Train Robbery*, which helped shape the Western as a genre. In a picture like this, it is worth noticing how the drama of a holdup was pictured for viewers who might never have witnessed one.
| Original scan | 3,699 × 3,591 px · prints to 12 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | train robbery |
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