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Contents
Introduction
1Introduction to the photography of railways
2The expansion and significance of railways in the nineteenth century
3Railways and urban expansion
4Train wrecks
France
5Édouard Baldus: Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (1860s)
6Édouard Baldus: Les chemins de fer du Nord. Ligne de Paris à Boulogne. Vues photographiques
7Édouard Baldus: Chemin de fer du Nord. Ligne de Paris à Compiègne par Chantilly. Petites vues (1866)
8Hippolyte-Auguste Collard: Chemin de fer du Bourbonnais
9Construction du Chemin de Fer Metropolitan Municipal de Paris (1905-1910)
Portugal
10Emilio Biel: Caminho de Ferro do Douro (ca. 1890)
USA
11The importance of railroads in the development of the American West
12James Fitzallen Ryder: Photographic Views on the Atlantic & Great Western Railway (1862)
13Railways and the American Civil War (1861-1865)
14A.J. Russell: Golden Spike Ceremony, Promontory Point, Utah (10 May 1869)
15Trains: Central Pacific Railroad
16Alexander Gardner and others: Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad
17William Henry Jackson: Railways
18Alexander Gardner: Across the continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division. (1867) [Series]
19John Carbutt: Union Pacific Rail Road, Excursion to the 100th Meridian (October 1866)
20Andrew J. Russell: The Great West Illustrated in a Series of Photographic Views Across the Continent, Taken Along the Line of the Union Pacific Railroad, West from Omaha, Nebraska
21A.J. Russell: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha.[Series] (1868-1870)
22Elmer & Tenney (Winona, Minn.): E. & T. Minnesota Snow - View Series of 1881 - Snow Blockade Views
23Wyoming: Dale Creek Crossing (1868-1901)
24Alfred Hart: First Construction Train passing the Palisades, Ten Mile Cañon
25Alfred Hart: Central Pacific Railroad
26Purviance: Purviance's Views, Penn'a Central Rail Road
27George R. Lawrence: The Largest Photograph in the World of the Handsomest Train in the World (ca 1900)
28Esther Bubley and Russell Lee: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (1948)
29O. Winston Link: Trains
Canada
30The Canadian Pacific Railway
South America
31Georges Poulet: Aurora Argentina (1890s)
Asia
32Railways of India
Trains
33Trains, railroads and railways
Railway hotels
34Louis-Émile Durandelle and Albert Chevojon: Grand Hotel Terminus-Saint Lazare, Paris (1889 or later)
Photochroms
35Photochroms: Railways
Railroad studios
36Railroad photograph cars and studios on trains
37J.B. Silvis: Photograph car
38Backmarks for railroad photograph cars
Backmarks
39Cartes de visite: Backs: Transportation
Studio foregrounds and backgrounds
40Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Railways
     
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Subscribers have access to the forty informative Fragments on this Theme, Online Exhibitions, Visual Indexes and References.
Introduction
1Introduction to the photography of railways
2The expansion and significance of railways in the nineteenth century
3Railways and urban expansion
4Train wrecks
France
5Édouard Baldus: Chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (1860s)
6Édouard Baldus: Les chemins de fer du Nord. Ligne de Paris à Boulogne. Vues photographiques
7Édouard Baldus: Chemin de fer du Nord. Ligne de Paris à Compiègne par Chantilly. Petites vues (1866)
8Hippolyte-Auguste Collard: Chemin de fer du Bourbonnais
9Construction du Chemin de Fer Metropolitan Municipal de Paris (1905-1910)
Portugal
10Emilio Biel: Caminho de Ferro do Douro (ca. 1890)
USA
11The importance of railroads in the development of the American West
12James Fitzallen Ryder: Photographic Views on the Atlantic & Great Western Railway (1862)
13Railways and the American Civil War (1861-1865)
14A.J. Russell: Golden Spike Ceremony, Promontory Point, Utah (10 May 1869)
15Trains: Central Pacific Railroad
16Alexander Gardner and others: Across the continent on the Kansas Pacific Railroad
17William Henry Jackson: Railways
18Alexander Gardner: Across the continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division. (1867) [Series]
19John Carbutt: Union Pacific Rail Road, Excursion to the 100th Meridian (October 1866)
20Andrew J. Russell: The Great West Illustrated in a Series of Photographic Views Across the Continent, Taken Along the Line of the Union Pacific Railroad, West from Omaha, Nebraska
21A.J. Russell: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha.[Series] (1868-1870)
22Elmer & Tenney (Winona, Minn.): E. & T. Minnesota Snow - View Series of 1881 - Snow Blockade Views
23Wyoming: Dale Creek Crossing (1868-1901)
24Alfred Hart: First Construction Train passing the Palisades, Ten Mile Cañon
25Alfred Hart: Central Pacific Railroad
26Purviance: Purviance's Views, Penn'a Central Rail Road
27George R. Lawrence: The Largest Photograph in the World of the Handsomest Train in the World (ca 1900)
28Esther Bubley and Russell Lee: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (1948)
29O. Winston Link: Trains
Canada
30The Canadian Pacific Railway
South America
31Georges Poulet: Aurora Argentina (1890s)
Asia
32Railways of India
Trains
33Trains, railroads and railways
Railway hotels
34Louis-Émile Durandelle and Albert Chevojon: Grand Hotel Terminus-Saint Lazare, Paris (1889 or later)
Photochroms
35Photochroms: Railways
Railroad studios
36Railroad photograph cars and studios on trains
37J.B. Silvis: Photograph car
38Backmarks for railroad photograph cars
Backmarks
39Cartes de visite: Backs: Transportation
Studio foregrounds and backgrounds
40Studio backgrounds and foregrounds: Railways

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