The image shows an elevated perspective of an industrial scene with various buildings, trees along the horizon, railcars on multiple tracks, and a rocky, uneven ground with scattered stones and dirt. The color palette is monochrome, typical of early photography.
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Scranton Terminus, Del. & Hudson Canal Co.

Thomas H. Johnson (American, born 1821)

c. 1863-1865

Medium
albumen silver print
Classification
Photograph
Dimensions
image/sheet: 30.6 × 41.1 cm (12 1/16 × 16 3/16 in.) ; mount: 45.6 × 55.8 cm (17 15/16 × 21 15/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CPH
Credit line
Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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