[Mexico - Railroad scenes: Mexican Central Railroad Station, San Luis Potosi] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Mexico - Railroad scenes: Mexican Central Railroad Station, San Luis Potosi], [1895?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/da/daa7b53c193f-L.webp)
(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: [Mexico - Railroad scenes: Mexican Central Railroad Station, San Luis Potosi], preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Mexico - Railroad scenes: Mexican Central Railroad Station, San Luis Potosi]
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The Mexican Central Railroad Station in San Luis Potosí stands out among the railroad views in this group because it documents a building rather than a train or track. The Mexican Central line was completed in 1884 and linked Mexico City with El Paso, Texas, transforming trade and travel across the country in the decades that followed. Photographer William Henry Jackson made many views of Mexican towns and rail infrastructure during this period, and his work is valued for recording the architecture and everyday life of the era. The date on this print is an estimate taken from an old caption card, so it should be treated as approximate.
| Created / published | [1895?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo by W.H. Jackson. 3974A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,152 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-125070 |
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