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The canon of Las Animas, on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, Colorado [Train rounding curve on side of mountain] – Historic Reproduction

The canon of Las Animas, on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, Colorado [Train rounding curve on side of mountain], 1886 — antique engraving
The canon of Las Animas, on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, Colorado [Train rounding curve on side of mountain], 1886. Antique engraving from the Denver 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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Step back in time with The canon of Las Animas, on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, Colorado [Train rounding curve on side of mountain], an antique engraving rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The canon of Las Animas, on the Denver and Rio Grande Railway, Colorado [Train rounding curve on side of mountain]

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This wood engraving shows a train winding along a ledge cut into the side of a mountain in the Canon of Las Animas, a gorge in Colorado served by the Denver and Rio Grande Railway. The engraver worked from a photograph by W.H. Jackson, the Denver-based photographer known for documenting the state's railroad scenery. It ran in *Harper's Weekly* in September 1886, when magazines still relied on hand-cut wood blocks to reproduce photographs. The image shows how the railroad's engineers hugged steep canyon walls to reach the mining and resort towns beyond.

Created / published1886
Medium1 print : wood engraving.
NotesWood engraving after photoprint by W.H. Jackson. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 30, (1886 September 25), p. 620-621. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; RR; Ph. Ind.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,092 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-155753

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