A color print of several trains in a train yard loading and unloading passengers and cargo on a full-moon night.

Night Scene at an American Railway Junction. Lightning Express, Flying Main and Owl Trains, "On Time."

Date

1876
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Chromolithograph
Contributors

Drawn on Stone by Parsons & Atwater

Published by Currier & Ives
Dimensions

Image: 20 11/16 x 33 7/16 in.
Sheet: 25 3/16 x 37 3/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l.: PARSONS & ATWATER, DEL.
l.c.: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1876, by Currier & Ives, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. \ NIGHT SCENE AT AN AMERICAN RAILWAY JUNCTION. \ LIGHTNING EXPRESS, FLYING MAIL AND OWL TRAINS, 'ON TIME.' \ NEW YORK, PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES, 125 NASSAU STREET.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1970.193
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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