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Locomotive-engine "Philadelphia" constructed at r. rail road depot, Reading Pa. James Millholland, M. M

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Title: Locomotive-engine "Philadelphia" constructed at r. rail road depot, Reading Pa. James Millholland, M. M
Creator: Feger, D. H., artist
Camerer, Wm., artist
T. Sinclair's Lith., printer
Reuter, Emil, publisher
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1844
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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 a longitudinal section of a steam locomotive, the Philadelphia, labeled "Longitudinal Section"; scale printed in lower center margin.
Probable date based on publication of image in Emil Reuter's American Locomotives, 1849, plate III. Image untitled; title and locomotive name supplied by cataloger based on title of plate I in American Locomotives depicting the side elevation of the same locomotive. "Drawn by D. H. Feger"--text, bottom left margin. "Engr. by Wm. Camerer."--text, bottom right margin. "Lith of T. Sinclair 101 Chesnut St. Philada."--text, bottom center margin. "Scale, 1 Inch to the Foot"--text, bottom center margin. "Plate II."--text, upper right margin. "No 18"--handwritten note, upper left margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 44.77 x 62.71 cm (17 5/8 x 24 11/16 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_TRAN_001091
402497
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1536
Language: English
Subject: Advertising--Railroads
Locomotives--Design and construction--Pictorial works
Locomotives--Pictorial works
Railroads--Pictorial works
Lithographs--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Book illustrations. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Transportation
Large Size
Railroad
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Relation: priJLC_TRAN_001086

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