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Native American man waving at a steam train crossing a railroad bridge

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Image ID

806753


Item data

Title

Native American man waving at a steam train crossing a railroad bridge

Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection
Indians -- North America

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1830 - 1850 (Approximate)

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC INDIA-Nor

Subjects

Indians of North America
Railroad locomotives -- North America
Salutations
Westward movement

Genres

Vignettes
Allegorical Prints

Notes

Content: Cf. image ID 807970.

Physical Description

Steel engravings
Extent: 9 x 14 cm (3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17175871
Barcode: 33333159341516
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3fcd88a0-c554-012f-e1c7-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. 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.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1830

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Native American man waving at a steam train crossing a railroad bridge" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1830 - 1850. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3fcd88a0-c554-012f-e1c7-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1830 - 1850). Native American man waving at a steam train crossing a railroad bridge Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3fcd88a0-c554-012f-e1c7-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Native American man waving at a steam train crossing a railroad bridge" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3fcd88a0-c554-012f-e1c7-58d385a7bc34

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