| Creator |
Purviance, William T. |
| Title |
The scenery of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road. [graphic] / Photographed and published by W.T. Purviance, Philadelphia. |
| Publisher |
[Philadelphia: W.T. Purviance] |
| Publisher |
PA. Philadelphia. 1870 |
| Date |
[ca. 1870] |
| Physical Description |
4 photographic prints: albumen on stereograph mount; 9 x 18 cm.(3.5 x 7 in.) |
| Description |
Scenic views showing the Horse Shoe Curve and Pack Saddle along the Pittsburgh Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Views
also show locomotives, men posed on rock ledges, including one labeled "Sit Box," railroad tracks, and townscape.
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| Notes |
Series title printed on mount. |
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Photographer's imprint printed on mount. |
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Three of the series numbered. Collection contains: 341; 517; 703. |
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Two of stereographs inscribed on verso: T.N. Haskill. |
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Gift of Jessy Randall. |
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Created postfreeze. |
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Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012. |
| Biographical / historical note |
Purviance was commissioned as an official photographer of the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1867. |
| Subject |
Pennsylvania Railroad. Pittsburgh Division. |
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Rock formations -- Pennsylvania. |
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Railroad locomotives -- Pennsylvania. |
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Railroad tracks -- Pennsylvania. |
| Genre |
Stereographs -- 1860-1870. |
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Albumen prints -- 1860-1870. |
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Landscape photographs -- 1860-1870. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Purviance - Views [P.2005.19.1-4] |
| Accession number |
P.2005.19.1 |
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P.2005.19.2 |
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P.2005.19.3 |
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P.2005.19.4 |
