The first steam railroad passenger train in America – Antique 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: The first steam railroad passenger train in America, preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The first steam railroad passenger train in America
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Rather than a generic locomotive scene, this color woodcut shows a train on the Mohawk and Hudson Rail Road, which linked Albany and Schenectady in New York. The line's engine, the *DeWitt Clinton*, made its run with passengers in August 1831, and the print presents that trip as the first steam passenger train in America. The image was reproduced around 1870 by the Antique Publishing Co. of Boston from an original painting now held by the Connecticut Historical Society, and it includes historical text identifying several of the riders. The coaches still resemble stagecoach bodies set on rails, a reminder of how early American railroading borrowed from road travel.
| Created / published | Boston, Mass. : Antique Publishing Co., c1870. |
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| Medium | 1 print : woodcut, color. |
| Genre | Conn."" |
| Notes | Includes historical text and identifies several of the riders depicted in the image. Copyright by Antique Publishing Co., Boston, Mass. The original painting is in the possession of the Connecticut Historical Society |
| Subjects | Mohawk and Hudson Rail Road Company--1830-1840. Railroads--New York (State)--1830-1840. Steam engines--1830-1840. Railroad passenger cars--New York (State)--1830-1840. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 2,247 × 1,404 px · prints to 7 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222389 |
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