View of the interior of an armored train car used during the Mexican Revolution, c. 1910′s.
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Daguerreotype view of the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge which spanned the Niagara River connecting New York with Ontario, 1856. Niagara Falls can be seen in the far distance. By Southworth and Hawes.
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Hand-colored ambrotype view of a fire in the distance across a river in which a steamer named Rock Island is visible possibly taken in Illinois or Iowa.
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Railroad men pointing at damage caused by artillery fire on the steam locomotive named Fred Leach during the Civil War. Attributed to Mathew Brady.
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View of traffic on Wall Street in New York City, c. 1860's. Believed to be the earliest known photograph of Wall Street.
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