Fleche d'Or, Golden Arrow, Paris
Rating
Title
Fleche d'Or , Golden Arrow , Paris
Creator
Wide World Photos
Date
ca. 1926
Decade
1920-1929
Part Of
David Goodyear collection of foreign railroad photographs
Place
Paris , France
Description
This photograph depicts the up 'Fleche dOr, ' Golden Arrow , coming into the Paris Nord station not long after the service started . The train was number 78 for many years . The engine of the first series (a Breville Pacific) has not yet received smoke deflectors and still is running with an 'armistice ' tender . Source : Collyns , Adrian H . Northern Steam Vapeurs du Nord . DeGolyer Library , Southern Methodist University , 2003 .
Notes
Verso : [handwritten] Golden Arrow Lvg . No . Sta. , Paris , For Calais . N . of France 231-C Etat 1923 . [stamped] Wide World Photos Bureau de Paris Photograph Copyright in The United States By The New York Times . 439495 .
Related Resources
MARC record : http://libcat.smu.edu/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=1855447
Keywords
railroads ; railways ; railroad trains ; railroad locomotives ; tenders ; Pacific locomotives ; CF du Nord
Physical Description
1 photograph : black and white ; 15 x 23 cm .
Locomotive/Car Number
Locomotive 78
Railway Line
Chemin de Fer du Nord
Digital Resource Type
Image
Digitization Date
Digitized: 2012
Digital Format
Displayed as .jp2; uploaded as .jpg
Archival File Resolution
Archival scan: 5517 w x 3652 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (recto); 5517 w x 3652 h pixels, 48-bit RGB (verso)
Digitization Process
Digitization process: Recto and verso scanned using an Epson 750 as 1200 ppi, 48-bit, RGB, .tifs; service master recto optimized using exposure adjustments; derivative resampled to 3000 pixels on the long edge, 24-bit .jpg
Box/Folder Number
Box 24 ; Folder 1
Call Number
Ag1983.0266
Upload File Name
ag1983_0266_24_01_11r_fleche_sm_opt.jpg
Archival File Name(s)
ag1983_0266_24_01_11r_fleche.tif ; ag1983_0266_24_01_11r_fleche_sm.tif
Digital Collection
Railroads: 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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