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Lightbox > 1881
Unidentified photographer (American), 1871-1881 (taken) 1881 (published), Four-Wheels-Connected and Leading Pony-Truck Locomotive, [Baldwin Locomotive Works], Albumen print, tipped-in, Rijksmuseum, LL/79249
Notman & Sandham, 1881, Missie Annie Smith, for Dr. Fenwick, Montreal, QC, Silver salts on paper mounted on paper - Albumen process, McCord Stewart Museum, LL/118899
