Annual Report Color Cover, Back Portion, 1954         
Here is the back portion of the wrap-around color cover of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's 108th Annual Report for the Year Ending 31 December 1954. The photographer is not identified. Partial Cover Caption: "To celebrate the 100th Anniversary year of the opening of the Horseshoe Curve and the 75th Anniversary of the incandescent lamp, engineers of Sylvania Electric Products arranged to take a flashlight picture of the Curve as freight and passenger trains rounded it the night of October 20, 1954. The project to illuminate over 2,000,000 square feet required months of meticulous planning, 31 miles of wiring, and more than 6,000 large photoflash bulbs. With a burst of skyrockets lending color to the scene, cameras atop a 150-foot tower recorded the historic flash ~ the largest night photograph ever taken."
Date: 12/31/1954 Location: ALTOONA (HORSESHOE CURVE), PA Views: 98 Collection Of:   Thomas C. Ayers
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Annual Report Color Cover, Back Portion, 1954
Picture Categories: Scenic,Night This picture is part of album:  PRR: Annual Report Color Covers ~ 1945-1966
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