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Main Driver, Reading, RR, 4-8-4, #2124, Reading, PA
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Main Driver, Reading, RR, 4-8-4, #2124, Reading, PA

Artist David Plowden (American, born 1932)
Date1963
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 13/16 × 8 7/16 inches (19.86 × 21.39 cm)
Sheet: 8 × 8 11/16 inches (20.32 × 22.07 cm)
Credit LineGift of David and Sandra Plowden
Object number2015.18.107
SignedSigned on sheet verso, center, in pencil: "D Plowden 1964"; Artist's stamp on sheet verso, center, in black ink: "PHOTOGRAPH BY / DAVID PLOWDEN / PUTNEY, VERMONT"
InscribedOn sheet verso, center, in pencil: "Main Driver Rdg RR / 4-8-4 / #2124 / Reading PA"
MarkingsOn sheet verso, upper left, in pencil: "IHR[?];163-2"
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DescriptionDetail image of driving wheels on locomotive with tiny flowers and blades of grass sprouting up through railroad track.
Copyright© David Plowden
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