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(TRANSPORTATION IN AMERICA) A group of approximately 36 photographs documenting a traveling exhibition of dioramas dramatizing the history of transportation in the United States.
This quirky set includes photographs of tableaux meant to illustrate various means of transportation used throughout American history, starting with Native Americans and including covered wagons, the Pony Express (featuring Buffalo Bill on horseback), stage coaches, steamboats (one showing Robert Fulton's "Clermont" and another the race between the "Robert E. Lee" and the "Natchez"), the "Dewitt Clinton" train (the first to carry passengers in New York State), the Kitty Hawk, and an early automobile. Five photographs show the team constructing the dioramas and two show scenes from American history; two pamphlets from the exhibition accompany the group. Silver prints, the images 6 3/4x9 3/4 to 11x13 3/4 inches (17.1x24.7 to 27.9x34.9 cm.), many sheets slightly larger, a few with captions, in ink, on recto. 1930
