Images Dated 7th July 2010

The Ladies Gazette of Fashion

Engraving from The Ladies Gazette of Fashion, depicting a woman wearing an ornate flowing gown with a closed fan in her hand, circa 1875. By Lefranco. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Steam Inpection Car

Illustration of a steam inspection car designed and constructed by Mr. Jay Noble, master mechanic for M. M. Buck & Co., of St. Louis, Missouri in 1876. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

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First American Locomotive

Illustration of the The Best Friend, also called The Best Friend of Charleston, was a pioneering locomotive built by the West Point Foundry in New York in 1830 for the South Carolina Railroad, which ran from Charleston to Hamburg. It pulled a passenger train on January 15, 1831. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

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