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The mail carrier of 100 years ago. ; The flight of the fast mail on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Ry. The popular passenger route between the east and west



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    "The Fast Mail." : Scene of catching and delivering the mails on the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway

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    Image of an eye-level perspective view of a steam locomotive, tender, and labeled mail cars passing on a track before a mother, two children, a dog, and basket of fruit in the foreground, with a man throwing a mail bag from a train car to a man on the ground; the steam locomotive has a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, an engineer behind the cab labeled "J.H. Devereux", the number "317" written on the locomotive, and a Masonic logo on the smoke-box door.

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  • The Hinkley Locomotive Works, Boston

    The Hinkley Locomotive Works, Boston

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    Image of an eye-level side view of a steam locomotive with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, green-colored tender labeled "Hinkley," a decoration between the driving wheels labeled "Hinkley Locomotive Works," and a label on the cylinder reading "H.L.W," with a small beach and body of water in the foreground; ornate border incorporating the initials WL.

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    Outside connected passenger engine. Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. Manchester N.H

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    Image of an eye-level landscape view of the Amoskeag Manufacturing Co. factory complex along the Merrimack River in Manchester, New Hampshire, with an elevation view of the side of a passenger steam locomotive on railroad tracks in the foreground, with a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement, an engineer visible in the cab, a tender holding wood with a man standing in the tank, and a label between the driving wheels that reads "Amoskeag Mang. Co. Manchester N.H. / C.W. Baldwin Agent / 1856."

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    Lake Pleasant, Mass. Hoosac tunnel route. : A popular summer resort

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    Passenger locomotive Lancaster (Penna.) Locomotive Works, No. [space] 1857

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    Image of an eye-level view of a busy enclosed railroad station in London, England, with passengers, luggage, and two steam locomotive trains in the foreground, and a back wall covered with advertisements for local products and services.

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