In 1899, a Chicago train company commissioned “The Mammoth”, a 1400lb camera that took photos 4.5 x 8 feet in size. They needed such a large plate because they wanted a highly detailed photo of their newest train, and techniques for enlarging negatives hadn’t yet been perfected. By the looks of this pamphlet, graphic design hadn’t been perfected either.
The train photo went on to win “Grand Prize of the World” in the 1900 Paris Exposition.
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Reminded of crashing trains into each other for fun
The largest handsomest photograph train in the of the in the world world
Ok but that is a handsome ass train
I see what they went for but yea…
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The largest photograph in the world.
The handsomest train in the world.
The largest photograph of the handsomest train in the world… In the world.