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January 1, 1840 | Illustration
Viaduct on Baltimore and Washington Railroad
A steel-engraved image by Henry Adlard, from a drawing by William Henry Barlett, in American Scenery or Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature.
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October 29, 1850 | Illustration
Hours of Departure of the Passenger Trains
Note the delicate illustration of the passenger car in this advertisement.
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December 1, 1851 | Illustration
Railroad Results Illustrated in the case of a Railroad of 35 Miles
An example of the ways opportunities created by railroads pushed Americans to to conceptualize space and time in new ways, this illustration for the article "Thoughts on a Rail-Road System for New Orleans and the Southwest. No. III" emphasizes the commercial opportunities offered by rail networks.
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1858 | Illustration
Barnum's City Hotel, Monument Square, Baltimore
This 1858 advertisement for the Barnum Hotel in Baltimore promotes the hotel, notes a few of its luxuries, and boasts of the ability to house 600 guests. Railroads helped inaugurate a wide array of luxury hotels designed to meet the needs of a traveling public and business class.
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May 28, 1858 | Illustration
Accident on the New York Central Railroad
This image from the May 28, 1858 edition of Harper's Weekly depicts an accident on a railroad bridge near Utica, New York.
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June 26, 1858 | Illustration
Railroad Cars Traversing the Submerged Wabash Valley
This image from the June 26, 1858 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a train passing through the Wabash Valley during a flood.
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June 26, 1858 | Illustration
Scene During the Inundation at Cairo, Illinois
This image from the June 26, 1858 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the flooding of Cairo, Illinois.
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July 31, 1858 | Illustration
The Erie Railroad Accident—the Cars Going Off the Track
This image from the July 31, 1858 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the beginning of a train derailment on the Erie railroad.
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July 31, 1858 | Illustration
The Scene After the Accident
This image from the July 31, 1858 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the scene at a train derailment on the Erie railroad.
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December 4, 1858 | Illustration
The railroad depot at Pittsburgh (Harper?s Weekly, December 4, 1858)
The railroad depot at Pittsburgh (Harper?s Weekly, December 4, 1858). Pittsburgh celebrated 100 years since Fort Duquesne was captured from the French--the railroad depot stood on the site of the old fort, a symbol of the city?s modernity. By 1861 Pennsylvania possessed over 500 depots, so many that 85 percent of the state?s population lived within fifteen miles of a depot.
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1859 | Illustration
A Brother Artist
A visual representation of the relationship between photographers and painters.
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1859 | Illustration
Anno Domini MMMM.DCCC.LIX
The artist envisions the lasting legacy of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
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1859 | Illustration
Artists' Excursion Over The Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road
Noteworthy for its marvelous illlustrations, this feature article portrays the joys of railroad travel.
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1859 | Illustration
Ascending the Alleghanies
A key illustration from the article features artists and guests riding the engine.
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1859 | Illustration
In The Beginning
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1859 | Illustration
LEFT
The plight of the tardy traveller is part and parcel of the narrative of travel.
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1859 | Illustration
Modern Chivalry
Chivalry is part and parcel of the conductor's work.
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1859 | Illustration
Nisi Pro Nobis
"Except for us" - sun coming out after a cloudy journey.
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1859 | Illustration
The Model Conductor
The characters encoutered along the rail journey are part of the artist's experience.
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1859 | Illustration
The Old World and the New
American railroad progress is compared with the adoption of the technology in England.
