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The 1.4D at No. 5 Tunnel. The negative has been inscribed "instantaneous", meaning a snapshot on a fast setting, rather than the longer exposure usual at the time which would have blurred the train.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2014P_R35_007573
Title
"Instantaneous" Photograph of Moving Train
Relation
Public Photograph Collection R 35
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Wellington [?]
Date
circa 1910

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library
License
No Known Restrictions

Taxonomy

Tags
1910s,
black and white,
photographs,
railway,
railways,
smoke,
train,
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Ka Class locomotive, Main Street West Yards
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