Description | English: Stock cut from an 1897 American Type Founders catalogue |
Date | 1897 |
Source | Specimens of Type, Borders, Ornaments, Brass Rules and Cuts, etc. (https://archive.org/details/specimensoftypeb00amer/page/742/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
Category Archives: Railroads and Rail Transportation
Railroad Station
Description | English: Stock cut from an 1897 American Type Founders catalogue |
Date | 1897 |
Source | Specimens of Type, Borders, Ornaments, Brass Rules and Cuts, etc. (https://archive.org/details/specimensoftypeb00amer/page/742/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
Approaching Locomotive
Description | English: Stock cut from an 1897 American Type Founders catalogue |
Date | 1897 |
Source | Specimens of Type, Borders, Ornaments, Brass Rules and Cuts, etc. (https://archive.org/details/specimensoftypeb00amer/page/742/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
Racing with Time, by Harold DeLay
Description | English: “Racing with Time,” by Harold DeLay, from an advertisement for Elgin watches. “ ‘Racing With Time,’ DeLay’s spirited painting for this month, is typical of the upward, onward urge of civilization.” |
Date | 1922 |
Source | Advertisement in Shadowland (https://archive.org/details/shadowland07brew/page/n87/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Harold S. DeLay |
Trolley in Cityscape
Description | English: Trolley in cityscape, from an advertisement for a vocational correspondence school |
Date | 1924 |
Source | Advertisement in Motion Picture Classic (https://archive.org/details/motion1724moti/page/n613/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Locomotive Frame
Description |
English: Frame with oncoming locomotive (space for text in center)
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Date | |
Source | The Dry Goods Review (https://archive.org/details/dgrstyle1901toro/page/n27/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous |
The background has been made transparent.
Blocked in the Snow
Description |
English: Passengers of a train stuck in the snow forage for wood
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Date | |
Source | Our Young Folks, 1868 https://archive.org/stream/ouryoungfolksser4112trow#page/108/mode/2up) |
Author | Anonymous engraver |
The engraving bears a mark in the lower left that seems to be “R. Sc.” “Sc.” is probably an abbreviation for “Sculpsit,” leaving “R.” as the only identification of the artist.
Interior of a Postal-Car, by A. C. Warren
Description |
English: Interior of a United States postal car in 1873
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Date | |
Source | Scribner’s Monthly, 1873 (https://archive.org/stream/scribnersmonthly06newy#page/193/mode/1up) |
Author | A. V. Warren, illustrator; G. Avery, engraver |
Standard Cars—Montreal Street Railway
Description |
English: Standard cars of the Montreal Street Railway in 1895.
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Date | |
Source | Street Railway Journal, 1895 (https://archive.org/stream/streetrailwayjo111895newy#page/21/mode/1up) |
Author | Anonymous photographer |
Dining at Twenty Miles an Hour
From Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 1877.