Strasbourg, vue des Remparts et du tunnel entre la porte de Pierre et Saverne. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
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Genre: War Photography View looking towards the mouth of the railway tunnel between the two gateways. The top of the Porte de Saverne can be seen at the extreme right of the photograph. With workers engaged in repairing the bridge across the moat (see print 37) posed on the line for the photogr...
Strasbourg, vue du pont en réparation, et du tunnel. Photographer: Braun, Jean Adolphe
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Genre: War Photography View looking down onto the railway line leading to the tunnel mouth at the right (also seen in print 36). The bridge across the moat is under repair.
Locomotive at Shimbashi (Shinbashi) Railway Station, Tokyo. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Industrial Photography Side view of a railway locomotive on a turntable, with European figures and two Japanese railway workers posed beside it. Probably taken soon after the opening of the station in October 1872.
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the station entrance, with a locomotive on the line in the foreground. The decorated platform indicates the likelihood that this view was taken around the time of the opening of the station in October 1872.
Opening of Yokohama Railway Station. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events View looking along the line towards a triumphal arch. The first railway station at Yokohama, now known as Sakuragicho Station, was opened on 7 May 1872.
Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the station buildings, with a trtain drawn up the platform in the foreground. The photograph was probably taken soon after the opening of the station in May 1872.