Invention Gallery

Telegraph poles following the transcontinental railroad

Linemen stringing telegraph wire beside the transcontinental railroad on the Great Plains, 1860s.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1800s, 1860s, 19th Century, American, Art, Communication, Great Plains, Historic, History, Illustration, Industrial Revolution, Invention, Ladder, Linemen, North America, Plains, Prairie, Rail Road, Steam Train, Technology, Telecommunications, Telegraph, Telegraph Pole, Telegraph Wire, Telegraphy, Traditional, Train, Transcontinental Railroad, United States, Us A, Vintage, West, Western, Worker

B&O Railroads Tom Thumb steam locomotive, 1830

Passenger car pulled by Peter Cooper's experimental locomotive "Tom Thumb" on the B&O Railroad, 1830.
Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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1800s, 1830, 19th Century, American, Art, Baltimore And Ohio, Bamp O, Bamp O Railroad, Bo, Bo Railroad, Engine, Experiment, Historic, History, Illustration, Industrial Revolution, Industry, Invention, Locomotive, Machine, Machinery, Maryland, North America, Passenger, Peter Cooper, Rail Road, Steam, Steam Engine, Steam Locomotive, Steam Power, Technology, Tom Thumb, Tom Thumb Locomotive, Traditional, Train, Transportation, Travel, United States, Us A, Vintage

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Family riding in a steam-powered White Company automobile, 1907.
Hand-colored printed halftone of a photograph in a White Company advertisement

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1900s, 1907, 20th Century, American, Antique, Antique Car, Auto, Automobile, Business, Car, Chauffeur, Commerce, Company, Family, Historic, History, Invention, Journey, Leisure, Manufacturer, North America, Ohio, Outing, Power, Recreation, Road, Servant, Steam, Steamer, Transportation, Travel, United States, Us A, Vintage, Vintage Car, Wealthy, White Automobile, White Company