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Elevated railway terminal, Philadelphia, Pa. – Antique Print

Elevated railway terminal, Philadelphia, Pa., [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Elevated railway terminal, Philadelphia, Pa., [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Philadelphia 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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Elevated railway terminal, Philadelphia, Pa. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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This 8 by 10 inch glass plate negative shows an elevated railway terminal in Philadelphia, a structure type that was reshaping the city's streets in the years before 1910. Elevated lines carried commuters above crowded thoroughfares, so their stations and steel platforms became prominent features of the urban landscape. The picture comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose large-format views recorded American cities, railroads, and industry in the early twentieth century. The large negative captures structural detail that smaller formats could not, so it is worth looking closely at the ironwork and the way the station sits within its surroundings.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesH 368" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070249. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsElevated railroads. Railroad stations.United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 786 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71834

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