Image of an eye-level landscape view of Havre de Grace, Maryland, depicting a railroad track across the frozen Susquehanna River, with workers unloading lumber and other goods; two vignettes in the bottom corners of a railroad track leading to a ship and onlookers on a sleigh watching a locomotive; a description of the event is printed in the bottom margin. Probable date and artist based on reference in Deak, Other Voices, Other Times, page 36. Philadelphia Wilmington & Baltimore / Rail Road Company."--text, bottom centered. "Sinclair's Lith, 101, Chesnut St."--text, bottom right. "The above Track was completed January 15th and continued in use till February 24th 1852 ..."--beginning of text, bottom center margin.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : color printed ; overall 45.4 x 70.17 cm (17 7/8 x 27 5/8 in.)
Havre de Grace (Md.)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works Susquehanna River--Pictorial works Advertising--Railroads Landscapes--Pictorial works Railroads--Pictorial works Rivers--Pictorial works Steamboats--Pictorial works Winter--Pictorial works Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc) Documentary prints. (local)
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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