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Photomotive: 1901

Circa 1901. "Near Franklin, New Jersey." The Detroit Photographic Special ("We photograph the world in the colors of nature"), being pulled by a Delaware, Lackawanna & Western locomotive, was William Henry Jackson's traveling photographic studio-salon, also seen here, here, here, here, here and here. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.

Circa 1901. "Near Franklin, New Jersey." The Detroit Photographic Special ("We photograph the world in the colors of nature"), being pulled by a Delaware, Lackawanna & Western locomotive, was William Henry Jackson's traveling photographic studio-salon, also seen here, here, here, here, here and here. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative. View full size.

 

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