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McCarthy Album 11, Photograph x006
Parent Collection:
William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection
Date:
9/21/1934
Subject:
Stourbridge Lion Steam Locomotive Replica at the Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago
Description:
Caption: "Delaware & Hudson R.R. Exhibit. Chicago. Sept. 21, 1934. First Locomotive to Operate on an American Railroad, August 8, 1829." View of a replica of the Stourbridge Lion, the first steam locomotive to operate in the U.S., on lines built by the Delaware and Hudson Railway (formerly the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company). The replica was displayed at the 1934 Century of Progress Exposition, celebrating Chicago's one-hundred year anniversary of incorporation. This photograph was loose in the box with Album 11.
Identifier:
96-07-08-alb11-x006
Contributor:
No data available for this field
Publisher:
California State Archives, a division of the California Secretary of State's Office
Right:
© 2017 by the California State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s Office. Contact the owner for more information at ArchivesWeb@sos.ca.gov or (916) 653-2246.
Source:
Image of an item within the William M. McCarthy Photograph Collection (96-07-08)
Format:
JPEG, scanned at 400 DPI, 24-bit color
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
