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PRR "Altoona," c. 1890 |
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Scenes. Here is the right-hand frame of a stereoview card entitled "Altoona." It's card #406 in a series called "Scenes of the Pennsylvania Railroad" that's published by Purviance Photographers of Philadelphia, c. 1890. Photo taken from Gospel Hill. The large structure in the foreground is the original Catholic Cathedral built in Altoona. Brush Mountain dominates the hazy distance. |
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1/1/1900 Upload Date: 4/16/2021 7:02:52 AM |
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Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR "Eastern Roundhouse, Altoona," c. 1890 |
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Scenes. Here is the left-hand frame of a stereoview card entitled "Eastern Roundhouse, Altoona." It's published by James Cremer of Philadelphia, c. 1890. The road number of the Pennsylvania Railroad "American" Class steam locomotive pictured here is not recorded. Also note the wooden trestle at the right. |
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1/1/1900 Upload Date: 2/20/2022 10:19:13 PM |
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Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR "Mountain View," c. 1890 |
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Scenes. Here is the right-hand frame of a stereoview card entitled "Mountain View." It's card #472 in a series called "Scenes of the Pennsylvania Railroad" that's published by Purviance Photographers of Philadelphia, c. 1890. Note the steam locomotive just beyond the interlocking, perhaps near what in later years was the site of MG Tower on the eastern slope of the Allegheny Mountains. |
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1/1/1900 Upload Date: 4/16/2021 7:03:31 AM |
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Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR "Mountain View above Altoona," c. 1890 |
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Scenes. Here is the right-hand frame of a stereoview card entitled "Mountain View above Altoona." It's part of a series called "Scenes of the Pennsylvania Railroad" that's published by Purviance Photographers of Philadelphia, c. 1890. |
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1/1/1900 Upload Date: 6/15/2021 6:47:12 PM |
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Altoona, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR "Horseshoe Curve," c. 1890 |
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Scenes. Here is the right-hand frame of a stereoview card entitled "Horseshoe Curve." It was published by Muller Brothers of Syracuse, New York, c. 1890. The lone figure in the foreground, standing next to the two-track mainline, gives some idea of the enormity of just how much back-breaking work it took to construct the Curve. |
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1/1/1900 Upload Date: 6/24/2021 7:23:48 AM |
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ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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PRR "Horseshoe Curve in Winter," c. 1890 |
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Scenes. Here is the right-hand frame of a stereoview card entitled "Horseshoe Curve in Winter." It's part of a series called "Scenes of the Pennsylvania Railroad" that's published by Purviance Photographers of Philadelphia, c. 1890. That's the photographer's train parked on the Curve, which accounts for the wind-blown smoke plume. |
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1/1/1900 Upload Date: 2/20/2022 10:18:40 PM |
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ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA |
| Author: |
Thomas C. Ayers |
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Winter,Steam |
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PRR "Pack Saddle," c. 1890 |
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Scenes. Here is the left-hand frame of a stereoview card entitled "Pack Saddle." It's card #517 in a series called "Scenes of the Pennsylvania Railroad" that's published by Purviance Photographers of Philadelphia, c. 1890. Note the individual at the left, sitting above the PRR's double-tracked line on the western slope of the Alleghenies. |
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1/1/1900 Upload Date: 4/16/2021 7:04:16 AM |
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Cassandra, PA |
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Thomas C. Ayers |
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