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Louisville & Nashville 2-8-2 #1880 Gadsden AL, 1 Original Robert Foster Negative

Louisville & Nashville 2-8-2 #1880 Gadsden AL, 1 Original Robert Foster Negative

$ 6.6

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Condition: Used
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days

    Description

    Robert J. Foster of East St. Louis and O’Fallon IL (d. 1963) was considered by Gerald M. Best as “…the greatest locomotive photographer of our times from the standpoint of perfection of pose (and) sharpness of the image and lighting.”
    Robert Foster’s photographic works date from the mid-1930’s to the late 1950’s.
    From 1938 through 1956, Jerry Best developed all of Foster’s film.
    This item is an original black and white Robert Foster photographic negative of
    Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
    2-8-2 steam engine #1880 at Gadsden AL in May 1948. The full image of the negative is shown. The negative is 3¼ x 5½ inches image size (122 - postcard).
    The negative is part of the
    Railway Negative Exchange
    collection.
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