Original late-1860s, c.1870 albumen image on mount showing The Mohawk & Hudson Rail Road steam engine with car for fuel followed by two stagecoach style passenger cars, as it appeared on its trip from from Albany to Schenectady, on the 31st July 1832.
The CDV offered here was made after the original lithograph or woodcut... it's not a CDV you will see very often! Published by D.C. Pratt of Aurora, Illinois, with his imprint on the back.
CDV is in good antique condition with soiling and mount wear. The albumen itself is in VG antique condition. Mount is 4" x 2.5".