Caption

First train in State of New York, run On The Mohawk & Hudson R., R., 1831, First train to run on the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad, exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Plate 37', photographer: Charles Dudley Arnold, Chicago, photographer: HD Higinbotham, clichémaker: anonymous, 1893, Charles Dudley Arnold, HD Higinbotham, photographer, clichémaker, North America, Illinois, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 131 mm x width 191 mm, railway, train, world fair, world exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, A sepia-toned scene shows a train platform with a steam locomotive and a row of passenger carriages under a canopy with draped fabric, large spoked wheels visible beneath the vehicles, and a vertical pole in the foreground; several people in period clothing walk or stand nearby, some holding umbrellas, while architectural details of the station and decorative stonework appear at the right edge.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B01_392

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Keywords

First train State New York run Mohawk & Hudson R R 1831 Mohawk & Hudson Railroad exhibited World's Columbian Exposition Chicago 1893 page photomechanical print number Plate 37 photographer Charles Dudley Arnold HD Higinbotham clichémaker anonymous North America Illinois paper collotype photoprint height 131 mm x width 191 mm railway train world fair world exhibition sepia-toned scene train platform steam locomotive row passenger carriages under canopy draped fabric large spoked wheels visible beneath vehicles vertical pole foreground several people period clothing walk stand nearby holding umbrellas architectural details station decorative stonework right edge