Grand Entrance

May 15, 1959

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Grand Entrance
  • Title
  • Grand Entrance
  • Creator
  • Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company
  • Date
  • May 15, 1959
  • Identifier
  • 8223.6310.RR
  • Description
  • View of the official opening of the Bi-centennial Railroad Fair, sponsored by the Community Relations Committee of Pittsburgh Railroads and featuring the exhibition of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Steam Locomotive Number 25. This locomotive was also known as the William Mason, a name acquired when it was first exhibited at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. It was built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company in 1856 and rebuilt in 1926. In the background the Liberty Bridge and other railroad cars can be seen.
  • Extent
  • 4 x 5 in.
  • Type
  • still image
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Fairs
    Railroad yards
    Steam locomotives
    Spectators
    Railroad tracks
    Railroad cars
    Bridges
  • Geographic Subjects
  • Liberty Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    South Shore (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
  • Source
  • Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad Company Photographs, 1886-1972
  • Contributor
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • Collection
  • Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Company Records
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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