Title

A Street Railway in New York, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

A Street Railway in New York, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Engraving after a sketch by Mr. W. Simpson. 'One of the most novel and remarkable features of ordinary street life in Philadelphia, as well as in New York and other American cities, is the railways with locomotive engines and trains running through the streets'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A81_338

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,2Mb (5,1Mb) / 16,5in x 11,5in / 4960 x 3464 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation people male technology man men railways train arts New York City engineering country art guy British railway railroad color railway line location century railway tracks public transport Britain train track steam train newspapers railway track press print civil engineering B&W new york state street scene engraved engraving United States of America Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century steam locomotive American America USA The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN ILN overhead railway William Simpson street newspaper united states Unknown Simpson William 19th-century W. Simpson Simpson W.