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C. & A. [Chicago and Alton Railroad] shops at Bloomington, Ill. – Historic Reproduction

C. & A. [Chicago and Alton Railroad] shops at Bloomington, Ill., [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph
C. & A. [Chicago and Alton Railroad] shops at Bloomington, Ill., [between 1900 and 1905]. Historic photograph from the Chicago 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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C. & A. [Chicago and Alton Railroad] shops at Bloomington, Ill. 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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C. & A. [Chicago and Alton Railroad] shops at Bloomington, Ill.

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The Chicago and Alton Railroad shops at Bloomington, Illinois, show freight cars standing among the buildings and tracks of a working maintenance yard. The Chicago and Alton ran its main line between Chicago and St. Louis through Bloomington, so the shops were a key point for repairing and servicing rolling stock. The view survives as an 8 by 10 inch glass dry plate negative made by the Detroit Publishing Company, which photographed towns, industries and scenery across the United States in the early 1900s.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1905]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
Notes100" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042375. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsRailroad shops & yards. Railroad freight cars.United States--Illinois--Bloomington.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69610

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