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The development of modern transportation—steam, rail, and flight—mirrored the development of photography, as both technologies sought to compress space and time. Luminous-Lint documents how the camera captured the machines and journeys that unified the modern world.

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Explore the industrial history and travelogues of the age of transportation.

Contents

Introduction
1Introduction to transportation
Transportation infrastructure
2Les Travaux Publics de la France (1878-1882)
3Ports, harbours and docks
Transportation and photograph types
4Albumen prints: Transportation
5Cartes de visite: Backs: Transportation
6Stereoviews: Transportation
7Vernacular: Transportation
Transportation backgrounds
8Backgrounds: Transportation
Transportation and fashion
9Transportation and fashion examples

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