Antelope photograph and articles, 1948
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Antelope photograph and articles, 1948
Language
eng
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non fiction
Main title
Antelope photograph and articles
Summary
Materials concerning a steam locomotive with single drivers, named "The Antelope" in anticipation of its speed, owned and used by the Boston and Maine Railroad to run a one car train in 1848 from Boston to Lawrence, Mass., a distance of twenty-six miles in twenty-six minutes. Subsequently several articles were written in 1932, 1935, 1948, and later concerning the trip but no contemporary (1840s) news reporting has been identified. Collection includes a 20th century black and white photograph, probably created for the article which appeared in the Lawrence Evening Tribune in 1948 as well as clippings and articles concerning the alleged event
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