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Painting

A View of Harper's Ferry

Date: 1857
Description: Business with Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper took Hölzlhuber to New York, and from there he also visited Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washingt...
Painting

Tunnel in the Bluffs of the Mississippi River near La Crosse

Date: 1858
Description: Hölzlhuber traveled on American railways frequently and marveled that they wouldn't have been accepted as usable in Europe. This sketch of the tunnel on th...
Poster

South Pacific System Southern California Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting the South Pacific System railway and southern California. Featuring the artist M. Gundlach, the poster depicts the rolling...
Poster

Northern Pacific Railway Travel Poster: Mt. St. Helens

Date: 1947
Description: An original lithograph promoting Mt. St. Helens, and to get there by way of the Northern Pacific Railway. Featuring the artwork of Gustav Krollmann, it dep...
Photograph

Elephant Butte Dam Site

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Description: Elevated view of the camp and valley of the site of the Elephant Butte Dam near Truth or Consequences. There are buildings, roads, railroad tracks, and tra...
Photograph

The Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view of the Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad and a train winding through the mountains.
Photograph

Derby Diversion Dam

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of Derby Diversion Dam with a crowd gathered on the rim of the dam and individuals standing along its top. A train cuts across the horizon in...
Photograph

Youngsville Factory

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Description: Elevated view of a factory in Youngsville, with a railroad car and railroad tracks in front of it. In the background is a hill or mountain.
Photograph

Small Settlement by River and Railroad

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Description: Elevated view of a small settlement between two mountains and alongside a river with tracks of the first transcontinental railroad passing through. A bridg...
Photograph

Campbell's Mill

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Description: Elevated view of Campbell's Mill, which specialized in lumber. Situated in the midst of the forest are smokestacks, railroad tracks, and several buildings....
Map or Atlas

Recreational Map of Glacier National Park, Montana: Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta

Date: 1930
Description: Pictorial map of Glacier National Park, Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Illustrated by Joe Scheurle, it depicts white people, American ...
Photograph

Defences of the Etawah Bridge

Date: 1866
Description: View along earthworks overlooking the Etawah River and a railroad bridge. A tree stripped of branches and bark is on the left.
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Photograph

View of Town From Bancroft Tower

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Description: Elevated view of town buildings as seen from Bancroft Tower. A body of water and what appears to be an industrial plant are in the foreground.
Photograph

Freight Yard

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Description: View of several rows of railroad cars at a freight yard.
Photograph

Provo Railroad Station

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Description: Exterior of Provo Railroad Station. Baggage trucks can be seen near the tracks as a train arrives at the station.
Map or Atlas

The New Military Map Illustrating the Seat of War

Date: 1862
Description: This map of the southeastern United States shows cities and towns, rail lines, and geographic features such as rivers, mountains, lakes, and swamps.
Map or Atlas

Strategical Map of Palestine, Syria, and the Sinai Peninsula

Date: 1918
Description: Map showing Aleppo, Zor, Syria, Lebanon, Beirut, Jerusalem, with an inset map of the Sinai Peninsula and Egyptian frontier. Also shows the locations of rai...
Print

Olympian Hiawatha

Date: 1946
Description: Reproduction of a painting depicting an Olympian Hiawatha locomotive and an Olympian Hiawatha observation car traveling in the western United States. A man...
Photograph

General Store

Date: 1974
Description: Black watercolor of a single-story store with large wood-framed, plate-glass windows, a false front and a pitched roof. The building's external side wall b...
Map or Atlas

Land Grant Map

Date: 1871
Description: A map of California showing railroad lines and reservations.

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