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Around the World in the 1890s: Photographs from the World's Transportation Commission, 1894-1896
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/wtc/wtchome.html

Description:
"Nearly nine hundred images by American photographer William Henry Jackson," exploring various types of transportation throughout North Africa, Asia, Australia, and Oceania. Also includes images of local inhabitants, streets, cities, landscapes, and members of the World's Transportation Commission. Searchable by keyword and browsable by subject and country. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.

Publisher:
Library of Congress

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Transportation -- History
Transportation -- Photographs
Travel photography

LII Database Information:
Record 770 created by Tom McGibney on 08/23/2001
Last modification on 11/28/2004
Published: 08/23/2001  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/770