Image / Portland Cos. Locomotive Works, Portland, Maine : Portland Company's passenger engine. 1854

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Title: Portland Cos. Locomotive Works, Portland, Maine : Portland Company's passenger engine. 1854
Creator: Morse, George Frederick, 1834-1926, artist
J.H. Bufford's Lith., printer
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1849
1850
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1859
Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of an elevation view of the side of a steam locomotive, with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, lion head on the head lamp, the label "Portland Cos. Works" written on the base of the steam dome, and the label "No. 85" written on the top of the cylinder.
Probable date based on item title. "G.F. Morse del."--text, bottom left margin. "J.H. Bufford's Lith. 260 Washington St. Boston"--text, bottom right margin. "Charles Jones Treas."--text, bottom left margin. "John Sparrow Supt."--text, bottom right margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 58.26 x 88.58 cm (22 15/16 x 34 7/8 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_TRAN_001072
402483
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1481
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Railroads
Locomotives--Pictorial works
Locomotives--Design and construction--Pictorial works
Railroads--Pictorial works
Portland Company (Portland, Me.)
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Transportation
Large Size
Railroad
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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