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Lot of 26 Vintage Railroad Study Prints #32-57 Freight Trains Railway Heralds — photo 1 of 24

Photo 1 of 24

About this piece

Lot of 26 vintage railroad study prints, a consecutive numbered run from 32 through 57. Each is a black-and-white halftone picture (printed, not a real photograph) in a pink tinted frame with its number and caption printed below. The set shows American railroads at work, mostly freight. Condition: used, with light handling and edge wear; see photos.

Each print measures 8.5" x 11"

Titles by printed number: 32 Train Dispatcher • 33 Signals • 34 Freight Trains on the Road • 35 The Caboose • 36 Couplers' Grip • 37 Unloading a Box Car • 38 Little Tugs Transferring Freight • 39 Trailer-on-Flat-Car (Piggy-Back) Service • 40 Freight Yard at Night • 41 Grain Goes to Market • 42 Icing Refrigerator Cars • 43 Bananas by Ship and Rail • 44 Livestock • 45 Unloading Fresh Meats • 46 Milk to the City • 47 Forest Products • 48 Loading Coal at the Mine • 49 Dumping Coal into Ships • 50 Seaports • 51 Soldiers on the Move • 52 Tanks on Flatcars • 53 Factories Fed by Trains • 54 Material Yard and Storehouse • 55 Railroad Office • 56 Anything, Any Time • 57 Railway Trade-Marks

No. 57 is a full sheet of more than 100 railroad heralds: Santa Fe, B&O, Pennsylvania, Frisco, L&N, Seaboard, Union Pacific and many more. Some prints credit the U.S.D.A. and United Fruit Company.

The circled numbers on our photos are scan order only; the printed numbers on each sheet run 32 to 57.