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Poster

First Steam Passenger Train

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Description: Woodcut image of the first steam passenger train ever run in the United States. The locomotive pulls a wood car and two passenger cars.
Poster

Travel By Train, New York Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting both New York City as "the wonder city of the world," and train travel. Featuring the artist Adolph Treidler, the poster d...
Poster

Travel By Train, Niagara Falls Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting Niagara Falls as the place "Where the Great Lakes Leap to the Sea, Travel by Train." Featuring the artist Fredric C. Madan...
Photograph

International Model M Confectioner's Truck

Date: 1915
Description: Man inside an International Model M truck operated by Edward A. Stern Confectioner. The side of the truck has an advertisement for Cracker Jack. The truck ...
Photograph

Man Driving International Truck In Snow Storm

Date: 1915
Description: Man driving an International Model E truck in a snow storm. The truck was operated by the National Aluminum Works.
Photograph

Wells Fargo Express Train Wreck

Date: 03 27 1908
Description: View of the train wreck of the Wells Fargo Express, March 27th. Several men sit on the wreckage, and several other men and a women are nearby. Captionh rea...
Photograph

Wells Fargo Express Train Wreck

Date: 03 27 1908
Description: View of the wreck of the Wells Fargo Express number 13, March 27th. Number on the front of the train is "2539." Caption reads: "Wreck of the Wells Fargo Ex...
Photograph

Train Arriving at the Depot

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Description: The station at Sylvan Beach was essential in providing transportation to central New York's recreational resort area. Caption reads: "Train Time. Sylvan Be...
Photograph

Railroad Station

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Description: A railroad station in New City, a wealthy suburb of New York City.
Photograph

Railroad Station and Train

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Description: The Arkville Train Station was a stop on the Deleware and Ulster Railroad.
Photograph

Railroad Station

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Description: Oyster Bay Railroad Station was built on June 25, 1889 in the Victorian style. It was accessible from the ends of Maxwell, Audrey, and Hamilton Avenues.
Photograph

Train Unloading Passengers

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people at the Monticello branch of the New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Station, added in 1889.
Photograph

Erie Railroad Station

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Description: The Callicoon Depot was constructed after the completion of the Erie Railroad Station in 1848. Caption reads: "Erie Depot, Callicoon, N.Y."
Photograph

Railroad Tracks

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Description: Elevated view of men working on the railroad tracks. There are locomotives and railroad cars on the tracks. Some children are standing on the tracks near t...
Photograph

Loading Dock and Train at Osborne Works

Date: 1907
Description: View down platform of train stopped at a loading dock at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). On the dock is a large stac...
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Drill Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1900
Description: Catalog cover featuring an illustration of an Empire Drill on a map of the northeast United States. A railroad train is traveling east to west from Albany ...
Book or Pamphlet

Empire Drill Company Catalog Cover

Date: 1901
Description: Catalog cover with the title: "The Three Greatest Empires," features an illustration of an Empire Drill in the foreground, and in the background a train tr...

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