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DescriptionStereocard: Cable Road, Hoboken, N.J., U.S.A.; Ferrocarril de Cable, Hoboken, N.J. E.U. de A. Strohmeyer & Wyman, Publishers, New York, N.Y. Sold by Underwood & Underwood, Liverpool - New York - Chicago - Toronto - Ottawa, Kas. [Kansas] - El Paso, Tex. [Texas]. No date, circa 1886-1900. Albumen print mounted on printed card 6-7/8" wide x 3-1/2" high; back is blank. No stock or image number. A single albumen print with two images each with domed top. No image number. Hoboken Inclined Cable Railway. Uncommon with the titling in english and spanish. See photos 2005.053.0010 for a stereoview of this scene from another publisher. It appears to be the same photograph. View is looking east at the elevated streetcar railroad built in 1886. It originated at the street railway / trolley terminal adjacent to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad and ferry terminal. The photograph itself was taken from a Jersey City vantage point. ---- stereoview / stereo view / stereopticon / stereoscope / photo / photograph