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Locomotive-engine "Philadelphia" constructed at r. rail road depot, Reading Pa. James Millholland, M. M
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Locomotive-engine "Philadelphia" constructed at r. rail road depot, Reading Pa. James Millholland, M. M
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This collection contains more than 730 printed items that relate to land-based modes of transportation primarily in the United States from the 1820s to the early 1900s. The bulk of the collection dates from 1840 to 1905 and consists largely of advertising and promotional materials, business records, and illustrations produced for or pertaining to the bicycle, carriage and wagon, railroad, and freight and passenger transport industries. The collection has 167 large-size items consisting of advertising cards, posters, broadsides, system maps, timetables, views, and other visual materials primarily produced for railroad companies, with additional items concerning vehicle and part manufacturers such as wheel works, carriage builders, bicycle manufacturers, and locomotive machine shops. Small-size items in the collection number more than 570 and are comprised mainly of advertising and promotional ephemera and business documents such as printed booklets, business cards, calendars, catalogs, envelopes, handbills, labels, leaflets, postcards, trade cards, and separated book and periodical illustrations, as well as stationery with printed billheads and letterheads filled out with manuscript or typewritten correspondence. The collection touches on topics of transportation, commerce and manufacturing, technology and engineering, travel and tourism, and geography. The images are primarily promotional in nature and provide information about the history of the American railroad, bicycle, and horse-drawn vehicle industries and the evolution of their advertising strategies in the 19th and early 20th centuries. As graphic materials, the prints offer evidence of the development of printmaking techniques and trends, and of the artists, engravers, lithographers, printers, and publishers involved in the creation of these prints.
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Tank switching engine built by Baldwin Locomotive Works Burnham Parry, Williams & Co. Philadelphia Pa
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Image of elevation views of the side and rear of a steam locomotive with a 0-6-0 wheel arrangement; the boiler is labeled "Baltimore & Potomac" and the images are captioned, "Rear View" and "Side Elevation."
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Danforth Locomotive & Machine Co. Bituminous coal burning mogul freight locomotive No. 750. Paterson. N.J
Visual Materials
Image of elevation views of the rear and side of a steam locomotive with a 2-4-2 wheel arrangement, with captions labeled "Rear Elevation" and "Side Elevation"; measurements of locomotive printed below title.
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The superintendents locomotive star built by the Central R.R. of New Jersey Machine Works at Elizabethport N.J
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Image of the plan view and cross sections of the front and side of a steam locomotive and attached tender with a 4-2-4 wheel arrangement and extended cab; the tender is labeled "C.R.R. of N.J."; measurements printed below title.
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Wood burning passenger locomotive no. 44 built at the New Jersey RR & Transportation Co. Works. John Headden Master Mechanic Jersey City N.J
Visual Materials
Image of elevation views of the side and rear of a steam locomotive with a 0-6-0 wheel arrangement; the boiler is labeled "Baltimore & Potomac" and the images are captioned, "Rear View" and "Side Elevation."
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Eastwick and Harrison's patent improved locomotive, manufactured at their works, Twelfth and Willow Street Rail Road, Philadelphia. (1842.)
Visual Materials
Image of an elevation view of the side of a steam locomotive with a titled cylinder, and the labels "Mercury" on the boiler and "No. 34 / Eastwick & Harrison Patent" on the cylinder.
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