Image of an elevation view of the side of a steam locomotive with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, a tender labeled "Rapid", a label on the boiler reading "Rapid", a label on the base of the steam dome reading, "Boston Locomotive Works / No. 603", the year "1856" written on the base of the sandbox, and an image of a deer with antlers between the driving wheels. Probable date based on date written on locomotive. "Ransom C. Wright Del."--text, bottom left of image. "J.H. Bufford's Lith. 313 Washington St. Boston"--text, bottom right of image.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 55.25 x 73.5 cm (21 3/4 x 28 15/16 in.)
Advertising--Railroads Locomotives--Design and construction--Pictorial works Locomotives--Pictorial works Railroads--Pictorial works Hinkley Locomotive Works 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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