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"As the train passes, the Negroes gather in groups to gaze at it until it disappears in the distance."

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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African-American Life -- 1870s

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"As the train passes, the Negroes gather in groups to gaze at it until it disappears in the distance."

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Title
"As the train passes, the Negroes gather in groups to gaze at it until it disappears in the distance."
Names
Sheppard, William Ludwell (1833-1912) (Artist)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

African-American Life -- 1870s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1875
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC AFRA-L-187
Topics
African Americans -- Social life -- 1870-1879
African Americans -- 1870-1879
Children and adults -- United States -- 1870-1879
Notes
Source note: The great South : a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas etc. (Hartford, Connecticut : American Publishing Co., 1875) King, Edward (1848-1896), Author. Champney, James Wells (1843-1903), Author.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : b ; 24 x 17 cm. (9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17164846
Barcode: 33333159332721
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0d87cd20-c52f-012f-239c-58d385a7bc34
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Item timeline of events

  • 1833: Creator Born
  • 1875: Issued
  • 1912: Creator Died
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2020: Found by you!
  • 2021

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. ""As the train passes, the Negroes gather in groups to gaze at it until it disappears in the distance."" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1875. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-4012-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. ""As the train passes, the Negroes gather in groups to gaze at it until it disappears in the distance."" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 28, 2020. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-4012-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1875). "As the train passes, the Negroes gather in groups to gaze at it until it disappears in the distance." Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-4012-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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"As the train passes, the Negroes gather in groups to gaze at it until it disappears in the distance."