• Sherer i Nabgolts (Photographic firm) (photographic studio)
• F. Nieckels (bookbinder)

Album of views along the railway line Orel-Vitebsk, Russia

1868

- This album of thirty-seven captioned hand-coloured photographic views show the principal towns, including Orel, Bryansk, Roslavl, Smolensk, and Vitebsk, as well as a number of railway facilities, such as railroad stations, depots, yards, bridges, and viaducts, all built along the recently completed line extending from Orel, Russian S.F.S.R., to Vitebsk, Belorussian S.S.R., Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Hand-coloured albumen silver prints with local applications of varnish

album: 43.0 x 55.0 x 4.0 cm

PH1987:1189:001-037

• exterior views

stamped - on the front cover, in gold, c.: "AL'BOM / VIDOV / ORLOVSKO-VITEBSKOI / ZHELEZNOI DOROGI." [ALBUM / OF VIEWS / FROM THE ORLOVSKO-VITEBSKAYA / RAILWAY] stamped - on the front endpaper, in gold, t.: "ENIECKELS / MOSCOU." labelled, imprinted, numbered and inscribed - on the front endpaper on a paper label in red and black ink, c.: with seal and "HONI SI QUI PENSE"; and in red ink: "COBURG / Bibliothek / Lauf No / Katalog"; and by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink: "6. 96/31. / K.b." imprinted - on the title page, in black, green, gold and grey ink, c.: "AL'BOM / VIDOV / ORLOVSKO-VITEBSKOI / ZHELEZNOI DOROGI" [ALBUM / OF VIEWS / FROM THE ORLOVSKO-VITEBSKAYA / RAILWAY]; and in black ink, l.r.: "LIT. O.F. DENE. V MOSKVE." [LITH[OGRAPHY] OF O.F. DENE IN MOSCOW.]

Bryansk; Russia (Federation);

• architecture
• temporary architecture
• engineering

Contains:

• PH1987:1189:001, View of Orel showing a church and a bell tower, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:002, View of a locomotive building, Orel, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:003, View of Orel train station, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:004, View of the temporary Orel-Vitebsk train station, Orel, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:005, View of underpass before Okski Bridge, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:006, View of the railway bridge over the Oka River showing Orel in the background, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:007, View of embankment behind Okski Bridge, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:008, View of a railway crossing, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:009, View of Karachev train station, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:010, View of a railway bridge over the Snezhet River, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:011, View of a railway bridge over the Snezhet River, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:012, View of Bryansk train station, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:013, View of Bryansk showing churches in the background, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:014, View of a railway bridge over the Bolva River, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:015, View of the fourth class train station, Zhukovka, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:016, View of a railway bridge over the Vet'ma River, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:017, View of a railway bridge over the Desna River, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:018, View of the Rakovitski Pipe, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:019, View of a railway bridge over the Sesche River, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:020, View of Dubrovka train station, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:021, View of railway shops, Roslavl, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:022, View of the locomotive building, Roslavl, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:023, View of Roslavl train station under construction, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:024, View of Roslavl showing churches in the background, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:025, View of a railway bridge over the Oster River, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:026, View of the first class train station, Smolensk, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:027, View of Smolensk showing the first class train station in the background, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:028, View of Smolensk showing churches in the background, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:029, View of Smolensk showing Uspenski Cathedral (Assumption Cathedral), Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:030, View of a railway bridge over the Dnieper River, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:031, View of Rudnia train station, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:032, View of a railway bridge over the Chernitsa River, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:033, View of Shebekino train station, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:034, View of a railway bridge over the Moshna River, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:035, View of a railway bridge over the Dvina River, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:036, View of Vitebsk showing a church in the background, Russia, 1868
• PH1987:1189:037, View of Vitebsk showing churches in the background, Russia, 1868