Two views of the railway in Japan after an earthquake, page, photomechanical print, Above a twisted track, below a view of the Kisogawa railway bridge., photographer: Miyashita, Japan, cliché maker: Kazumasa Ogawa, after 1891-10-28 - in or before 1892, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 405 mm x width 276 mm, railway, tramway, rack railway, bridge, consequences of an earthquake, Mino–Owari earthquake 1891, A vertically split image showing two separate monochrome photographs stacked one above the other, the top photo depicting a worn pair of railroad tracks curving and converging into the distance with grassy embankments and vegetation on either side and trees along the horizon, and the bottom photo showing a large steel truss bridge spanning a body of water with massive concrete piers rising from the water and the underside and side latticework of the bridge visible from a low vantage point.
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Two views of the railway in Japan after an earthquake, page, photomechanical print, Above a twisted track, below a view of the Kisogawa railway bridge., photographer: Miyashita, Japan, cliché maker: Kazumasa Ogawa, after 1891-10-28 - in or before 1892, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 405 mm x width 276 mm, railway, tramway, rack railway, bridge, consequences of an earthquake, Mino–Owari earthquake 1891, A vertically split image showing two separate monochrome photographs stacked one above the other, the top photo depicting a worn pair of railroad tracks curving and converging into the distance with grassy embankments and vegetation on either side and trees along the horizon, and the bottom photo showing a large steel truss bridge spanning a body of water with massive concrete piers rising from the water and the underside and side latticework of the bridge visible from a low vantage point.

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Two views railway Japan earthquake page photomechanical print twisted track view Kisogawa railway bridge photographer Miyashita cliché maker Kazumasa Ogawa 1891-10-28 - 1892 paper collotype photoprint height 405 mm x width 276 mm tramway rack railway bridge consequences Mino–Owari earthquake 1891 vertically split image showing two separate monochrome photographs stacked top photo depicting worn pair railroad tracks curving converging distance grassy embankments vegetation side trees horizon bottom photo showing large steel truss spanning body water massive concrete piers rising underside side latticework bridge visible low vantage point

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