Passenger (observation) locomotive train car of New York Central RR – Historic 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.)
Description
This rare historic photograph captures Passenger (observation) locomotive train car of New York Central RR in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Order it framed and ready to hang, or unframed to match a frame you already love. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.
Passenger (observation) locomotive train car of New York Central RR
Order a print
Thank you. Your order went through, and a receipt is on its way by email.
Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal
Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.
This glass negative shows a rear observation car of the New York Central Railroad, the carriage at the end of a passenger train with a platform or large windows for watching the track fall away behind. The record gives no date, but the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress holds plates made by the Bain News Service, a New York City picture agency that worked mainly from about 1900 through the 1920s. The title comes from caption information the agency wrote on the negatives or cards, and it has not been independently verified. Railroad photographs from this period often document equipment for publication, so the car's design and fittings are the main things to examine.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,785 × 4,235 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-5787 |
More from the New York City collection
Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.
![[New York Central Railway (Railroad) photographic car]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/1f/1f8e46a360ea-400.webp)
![[Passenger cars of the Southwestern Limited, New York-St. Louis]](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/99/99817984bf82-400.webp)
