Showing posts with label railroad tracks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label railroad tracks. Show all posts

Monday, September 26, 2016

Union Soldiers and Civilians Posing in Front of a Train Station in Stevenson, Alabama (1864)


Union soldiers and civilians posing in front of a train station in Stevenson, Alabama, c. 1864. From Miller's Photographic History of the Civil War.

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

View of Civilian Refugees on the First Train Out of Kimberley After the Lifting of the Siege of Kimberley During the Boer War (1900)


View of civilian refugees on the first train out of Kimberley after the lifting of the Siege of Kimberley during the Boer War in South Africa, February 22, 1900. Published by Underwood and Underwood.

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Monday, December 22, 2014

View of a Locomotive on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad in Virginia (1862)


View of a locomotive on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad in Virginia, August 1862. By Timothy O'Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Sunday, November 30, 2014

A Man Posing on an Early Steam Locomotive Named Old Catawissa (1856)


A man posing on an early steam locomotive named Old Catawissa, 1856. Possibly taken in Catawissa, Pennsylvania, which was the location of an early railroad. By the Langenheim brothers. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Monday, November 24, 2014

Monday, November 17, 2014

Two Men Standing at the Entrance to a Railroad Bridge Near Williamsport, Pennsylvania (1854)



Two men standing at the entrance to a railroad bridge of the Elmira and Williamsport Railroad near Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1854. By the Langenheim Brothers. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Saturday, November 15, 2014

Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Union Soldiers Posing in Front of Destroyed Railroad Cars Owned by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad at Manassas Junction, Virginia (1862)


Union soldiers posing in front of destroyed railroad cars owned by the Orange and Alexandria Railroad at Manassas Junction, Virginia, August 1862. By Timothy O'Sullivan. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Saturday, August 2, 2014

A Group of African American Men Repairing Railroad Tracks Near Murfreesboro, Tennessee (1863)


A group of African American men repairing railroad tracks shortly after the Battle of Stones River near Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1863. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Thursday, February 13, 2014