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Photograph shows N. Y. C. & H. R. train speeding along railroad track with black smoke billowing from smoke stack.

Copyright 1900 by Geo. A. Dressel, Buffalo, N. Y.

Pre-1900 locomotives photographs and art.

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01/01/1900
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Dressel, Geo. A., copyright claimant
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