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A color print of a passenger train with dark smoke billowing out of the engine stack.
A color print of a passenger train with dark smoke billowing out of the engine stack.
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American Express Train.

Frances Flora Bond Palmer (1812-1876)

Object Details

  • Date

    1864

  • Object Type

    Prints

  • Medium

    Toned lithograph with applied watercolor

  • Contributors

    Printed by Currier & Ives

    Published by Currier & Ives

  • Dimensions

    Image: 17 5/8 x 27 3/4 in.
    Sheet: 22 3/4 x 31 15/16 in.

  • Inscriptions

    Recto:

    l.l.: F.F. PALMER, DEL.

    l.c.: Entered according to act of Congress AD.[monogram] 1864, by Currier & Ives in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York \ AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAIN. \ NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES, 152 NASSAU S[T].

    l.r.: LITH. OF CURRIER & IVES, N.Y.

  • Credit Line

    Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas

  • Accession Number

    1970.189

  • Copyright

    Public domain

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