The Lightning Express, Savannah, Ga.

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The Lightning Express, Savannah, Ga.
The Lightning Express, Savannah, Ga.
Publisher (Canadian-American, 1844 – 1894)
Date1886
MediumAlbumen prints mounted on cardstock
DimensionsMount: 3 1/2 × 7 in. (8.9 × 17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Simón de Swaan
Object numberS2023.1.39
Not on view
DescriptionDepicts an elderly black man sitting atop an ox-drawn cart.
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Inscribed Recto, top left corner (stamp): "ELEVEN FIRST PRIZE MEDALS."
Recto, top right corner (stamp): "AMERICAN FOREIGN GENRE & COMIC"
Recto, left margin (vertical): "GEO BARKER. NIAGARA GALLS, N. Y."
Recto, right margin (vertical): "GEMS OF INSTANTANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHY"
Recto, bottom left corner (round stamp): "Grand Prize DIamond Badge 1887"
Recto, bottom right corner (round stamp): "Gold Medal Paris 1889”
Recto, bottom left margin: "The Lightning Express, Savannah, Ga. "
Recto, bottom right margin: "Copyright 1886 by Geo. Barker"
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International View Company
Date: 1902
Medium: Gelatin silver prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.34
1141. Sea Front and Quay with Incline Approach, Algiers, Africa
1141. Sea Front and Quay with Incline Approach, Algiers, Africa
International View Company
Date: 1902
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.32
(5) Tribulation
(5) Tribulation
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: 1899
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.24
5435 (4) The Finale. – A Chapter in Revelations
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International View Company
Date: 1902
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardboard
Object number: S2023.1.33
Cotton is King, Plantation Scene, Georgia, U.S.A.
Cotton is King, Plantation Scene, Georgia, U.S.A.
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: c. 1895
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.10
(3) Sensation
(3) Sensation
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: 1899
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.22
(48) Jerusalem, the City of the Great King, from Mount of Olives, Palestine
(48) Jerusalem, the City of the Great King, from Mount of Olives, Palestine
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: c. 1897
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.6
(69) United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
(69) United States Capitol, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.7
(99) The Inner Court of a Damascus Home, Syria
(99) The Inner Court of a Damascus Home, Syria
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: c. 1900
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.9
(4) Revelation
(4) Revelation
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: 1899
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.23
(4) Revelation
(4) Revelation
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: 1899
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.25
(1) Salutation
(1) Salutation
Underwood & Underwood Publishers
Date: c. 1899
Medium: Albumen prints mounted on cardstock
Object number: S2023.1.21