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There’s something about the design of the kettering on the sides of railway cars that is very attractive–for the most part, the lettering just looks “correct”. I’ve collected a few examples, used librarlly from the University of Pennsylvania library, and tiled them below, and are from a series of photographs made in the 1880’s of the Harrisburg Car Co (established 1853).
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