Engraving of the Pacific railroad train in a thunderstorm on the prairies, from the book 'The Pacific tourist' by Henry T. Williams, 1878. Courtesy Internet Archive. ()

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W4P6YC

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6600 x 2517 px | 55.9 x 21.3 cm | 22 x 8.4 inches | 300dpi

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1 January 1878

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Engraving of the Pacific railroad train in a thunderstorm on the prairies, from the book 'The Pacific tourist' by Henry T. Williams, 1878. Courtesy Internet Archive. ()

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