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The world's railroad scene (LOC)

The world's railroad scene

 

c1882.

 

1 print : chromolithograph.

 

Notes:

Print showing well-dressed passengers waiting as the Illinois Central Railroad train pulls into the station; also shows a steamship, horse-drawn carriage, stagecoach, and canal boat, along with a large globe displaying the United States and the extent of the I.C.R.R. lines.

Title from item.

Copyright 1882.

The role of Charles I. Felthousen is unclear, he may be the artist and/or the copyright claimant. DLC

 

Subjects:

Illinois Central Railroad Company--1880-1890.

Railroads--Illinois--1880-1890.

Railroad locomotives--Illinois--1880-1890.

Passengers--Illinois--1880-1890.

Globes--1880-1890.

 

Format: Chromolithographs--Color--1880-1890.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pga.03505

 

Call Number: PGA - Swain & Lewis--World's railroad scene

 

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Uploaded on September 13, 2024
Taken sometime in 1882