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RARE Set of 57 Diff ca 1950's RAILROAD HISTORY 11" X 8.5" B&W PHOTOGRAPHS Xlnt
$ 12.38
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PHENOMENAL SET / COLLECTION / LOT OF FIFTY-SEVEN (57) ALL DIFFERENT, NUMBERED #1 THRU #57, ODDBALL, VERY SCARCE, AUTHENTIC, ORIGINAL, VINTAGE, circa +/- 1950's, RAILROAD / TRAIN HISTORY PHOTOGRAPHS - - - BEINGB&W (and sepia-tone)
PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS OF ORIGINAL PHOTOS - - - ALL ARE
11" X 8.5" and/or 8.5" X 11"
, as shown! Not dated AND no publisher or printer is identified, BUT
all photo images are from circa +/- 1950's AND EARLIER, as shown - - - AND
believed to have been published by the Association of American Railroads, Washington D.C., possibly as part of a training, teaching, and/or historical activity!
See all 12 images including close-ups AND see the 12-inch ruler in images for size perspective! ALL OF THE 57 DIFFERENT photos are shown in my images in 3 groups, plus multiple close-ups of individual photos, as shown! EACH is individually numbered AND individually "Titled" in the lower white margin areas as shown! MOST are B&W and several others are sepia-tone on high quality print paper - - - The back sides are blank! COLLECTIVELY PROVIDE a fascinating history of railroad / train transportation in America from antique days up through the 1950's including passenger travel; freight; rail yards; MILITARY; stations and depots; railroad / seaport interface; "Icing Refrigerator Cars"; cabooses; cattle cars; coal cars; railroad offices; "Driving the Golden Spike"; track construction / repair; TRAIN ROUNDHOUSES AND TURNTABLES; early historical trains; streamliner locomotives and trains; street and road crossings; modern (1950's) train control systems; bridges; galley and dining cars; conductors / engineers / baggage handlers / and other railroad workers; "Observation Cars"; sleeping berths; terminals; ticket offices; locomotive shops; AND much, much more!
AN INCREDIBLE SET / COLLECTION / LOT - - - ANY OR ALL OF THESE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTS ARE SUITABLE FOR FRAMING AND WILL FIT STANDARD-SIZED 11" X 8.5" FRAMES - - - WOULD LOOK GREAT HANGING IN YOUR DEN, OFFICE, OR RAILROAD MUSEUM - AND
WE COMBINE ITEMS FOR ECONOMICAL SHIPPING, JUST ADD ITEMS TO YOUR CART AND REQUEST AN INVOICE
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Some extremely isolated AND extremely faint, ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE, wear - - OTHERWISE ALL 57 PHOTO-PRINTS ARE COMPLETELY UNMARKED AND LOOK ALMOST UNUSED; overall in excellent+ or better VINTAGE condition!
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