Poughkeepsie Bridge, Double Mammoth Photograph, with ephemera

Name: Poughkeepsie Bridge, Double Mammoth Photograph, with ephemera
Author: Jackson, W (illiam) H(enry)

Jackson, W (illiam) H(enry)

Published by Denver Publishing Co., Denver, 1890

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An exceptionally rare double mammoth plate image made by one of the legends of American photography. The image is of the railway bridge across the Hudson at Poughkeepsie, NY. The Hudson River Dayliner Daniel S. Miller is at the dock, and the M. Martin is to the left. A ferry is part way across the Hudson. A long train is midway along on the bridge. The photograph was commissioned by the New York Central Railroad, 1890. The bridge is now the Walkway over the Hudson State Park. LOC photograph is almost half this size, cropped to the left of the M. Martin Dayliner. It is listed in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Copyright no. 35661. Detroit Publishing Col. no. 1521. LOC copy 41.7 x 53.9 cm stating "Photographic print mounted on mat board" LOC # 2016802948. The image is 43 x 95 cm with a bit obscured by the period mat. The image is very bright & clean. The board it is laid onto has a short split in the top margin not entering the photograph. It is available with the original frame. Marist holds a smaller photograph that seems to be taken at the same time period (PRC 2.1.1.2.1.3.JPG) The two Dayliners and a tender boar are in similar positions, although there are no people waiting on the dock and the train on the bridge is not visible because of cropping. [WITH] (Poughkeepsie Bridge Company). Poughkeepsie Bridge. Bifolium, legal size, from the library of "Library of Bureau of Railway Economics (with stamp). C. 1885, stamped May 8 1929 on verso. With a woodblock image of the bridge "The Bridge to Span the Hudson at Poughkeepsie NY. [ From Engineer's Design] plus caption, red border. Fragile, some splits, separated. This version of the bridge supports was not built. Not found on OCLC.

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Title: Poughkeepsie Bridge, Double Mammoth Photograph, with ephemera
Author: Jackson, W (illiam) H(enry)
Publisher: Denver Publishing Co., Denver
Publication year: 1890
Seller catalogs: HUDSON RIVER, PHOTOGRAPHY

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