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Title	Views of Nikolaev Railway
Creator	Goffert, I.
Date	ca. 1855-1864
Decade	1850-1859 1860-1869
Part Of	Views of the Nikolaev Railway
Page Number	p. 00
Place	Russia
Description	This is the cover of a brown leather album containing 45 views of Russian towns and cities, railroad tracks, depots, countryside, steam locomotives, roundhouses, bridges, rivers, boats, horses and wagons, men, women, and children, and elaborate regional country houses. The title is embossed in gold Cyrillic script. Manuscript notations of locations are penciled in English on some pages. The album commemorating the railroad line between St. Petersburg and Moscow, opened in 1851, was probably one of only a few made honoring Czar Nicholas I (1796-1855). Albumen prints are approximately 8.5 x 12.25 inches. I. Goffert is stamped in Cyrillic script under the bottom left of photographs on most pages.
Notes	Recto: [embossed in gold Cyrillic script] Views of Nikolaev Railway. A. T. Verso: [stamped] F. Nieckels, Moscou.
Related Resources	MARC record: http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1855408
Keywords	railways; railroads; Russia
Physical Description	1 photograph album cover: part of 1 volume (45 albumen prints); 34.5 x 45 cm
Form/Genre	Photograph album covers Photograph albums
Digital Resource Type	Image
Digitization Date	Digitized: 2010
Digital Format	Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution	Archival scan: approximately 7100 wide x 5300 high pixels
Digitization Process	Digitization process: Master file scanned at approximately 7000 pixels wide as 16-bit, RGB .tif; derivative straightened, cropped, and resized at 3000 pixels wide and resaved as 8-bit, RGB .jpg.
Call Number	Ag1982.0226x
Upload File Name	ag1982_0226x_00_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)	ag1982_0226x_00.tif
Archival File Path	ARCHIVE\DeGolyer\reproductions\Ag1982-0226x
Digital Collection	Europe, India, and Asia: Photographs, Manuscripts, and Imprints
Library	DeGolyer Library
Publisher	Central University Libraries, Southern Methodist University
Rights	Please cite Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library when using this image file. A high-quality version of this file may be obtained for a fee by contacting degolyer@smu.edu.

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