Penn'a R.R. Car Shops, Altoona Pennsylvania, 1895.

Artist Thaddeus M. Fowler (American, 1842 - 1922)

Publisher T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer

Portfolio/SeriesO'Connor/Yeager Collection

Date1895

MediumLithograph

DimensionsSheet: 13 7/8 x 22 7/8 in. (35.2 x 58.1 cm)

Credit LinePartial gift and purchase from John C. O'Connor and Ralph M. Yeager

Object number86.685

Collections

ClassificationsWork on Paper

Object NameLithograph

DepartmentPermanent Collection

CultureNorth American

NationalityAmerican

On View

Not on view

Century

Nineteenth

More Information

MarkingsFaded stamp & written number (in pen): "22735"; verso: top left - "71533/Tavern Restaurant", center - "LC-US262-1411"; stamped: center - "Duplicate", bottom right "A99642"

Inscribedbottom center margin: Copyright By T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer Penna. R. R. Car Shop's, Altoona, Pennsylvania, 1895. ; bottom left margin: Drawn by T.M. Fowler Morrisville Pa. ; bottom right margin: Published by T.M. Fowler & James B. Moyer. ; legend, bottom left: 1. Air Break Shop, 2. Freight Car [Shop], 3. Fire Engine House, 4. Gen'l Foreman's Office, 5. Passenger Car Shop, 6. Cab Trimming & Upholstering Shop, 7. Cabinet & Machine Shop, 8. Blacksmith [Shop], 9. Planing Mill No. 2 ; legend, bottom right: 10 Truck Shop, 11. Freight Car Paint Shop, 12. Engine Room, Planing Mill No. 1, & Tin Shop, 13. Bolt Shop, 14. Paint [Shop], 15. Buffing, Carving, & Handle Shop, 16. Ice House, 17. Passenger Car Paint Shops ; 1 inset, bottom right: [set apart by vine with grapes][showing a different viewpoint]

Exhibition HistoryFrom Your Town to Ours: Pennsylvania Prints from the O'Connor-Yeager Collection Revisted, Palmer Museum of Art, June 4 - August 11, 2013; From Main Street to Moscow By Way Of Rails and Sails, Palmer Museum of Art, May 8 - September 2, 2001; Our Town, Palmer Museum of Art, June 3 - September 28, 1997.ProvenanceRalph M. Yeager and John C. O'ConnorPublished ReferencesReps, J.W., View and Viewmakers of Urban America, Columbia, 1984, pp. 174-77.