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Reference (shelfmark):: PP.3803.bha, 2/9(5)
Title:: Cutting for the railway works, at Kanagawa [Yokohama]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Industrial Photography 'The cutting portrayed on page 109 represents the face of a hill being cut away for filling in and reclaiming operations, connected with the railway. Our object was to shew the men at work, but unfortunately they were taking their midday meal and rest, and our arti...
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1871
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: PP.3803.bha, 2/11(4)
Title:: View to the eastward of Kobe. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking towards the city, with construction work under way in the foreground, 'the site destined for the terminus of the railway.'
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1871
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: PP.3803.bha, 3/10(1)
Title:: View of the railway embankment, from Shinagawa to Shinbashi. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View looking along the line, the embankment running alongside Tokyo waterfront, with houses to the left. The Shinbashi (Shimbashi) station was opened on 14 October 1872.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: PP.3803.bha, 3/10(4)
Title:: The Pavilion, Yokohama Terminus. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Historical Events General view of the pavilion in front of Yokohama railway station, taken on the day after the opening of the line (see note at print 3).
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 15 Oct 1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: PP.3803.bha, 3/10(6)
Title:: Kawasaki Bridge. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View of the railway bridge over the Rokugo River on the line between Tokyo and Yokohama.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1872
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 1(77)
Title:: [Unidentified Railway Bridge.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography A slightly off-centre view of a railway bridge crossing a canal. This photograph has been attributed to Talbot. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1840s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 1(283)
Title:: [Coastal Railway Track.] Photographer: Jones, Calvert Richard
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography A railway line borders coastal sand-dunes and stretches out into the far distance; in the foreground, a young man wearing a cap reclines on a grassy mound. Trimmed negative.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Mid 1840s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 5(13)
Title:: [View in Paris.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Inscribed in pencil on verso: '90057'. Genre: Urban Topographical Photography View across the Seine towards the right bank, with the Pont Neuf and the statue of Henri IV left of centre. Photoglyphic engraving on copper plate from stereograph by unknown photographer. Written in pen...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: After 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Talbot Photo 24(1175)
Title:: [Edinburgh Old Town.] Photographer: Talbot, William Henry Fox
Scope & Content:: Genre: Urban Topographical Photography Waverley Bridge is to the left with railway goods wagons in the foreground. In the distance the tall buildings of the Old Town dominate the skyline. Photoglyphic engraving. Image size 66 x 57 mm, press imprint size 96 x 72 mm, paper size 146 x 110 mm.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: After 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: X.1067, 2(394)
Title:: Locomotive engine; Crampton. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:: Genre: Industrial Photography Side view of the locomotive 'Folkstone,' of the South Eastern Railway, patented by T. R. Crampton and built by Stephenson and Co., Newcastle.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1851
Extent:: 1 item

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