Image of an elevation view of the side of a state car designed for Egyptian royalty with enclosed end compartments and an open center porch, standing alone on tracks in a rural landscape with onlookers in the foreground. Probable date based on company history and reference to image in Brill, History of the J.G. Brill Company, 2001, page 100, stating that "the car was built circa 1859." "Des. & Lith. By Bingham, Dodd & Co."--text, bottom left margin. "No. 155 Main St. Hartford, Conn."--text, bottom right margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed hand colored ; overall 42.07 x 59.69 cm (16 9/16 x 23 1/2 in.)
Advertising--Railroads Railroad--Pictorial works Railroad cars--Design and construction--Pictorial works Railroad passenger cars--Pictorial works T.W. Watson & Co 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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