^#1842 ^Lot 1902 George F. Train

Presidential candidate in 1872. During the Civil War he helped form the Union Pacific Railroad, and gave numerous speeches denouncing the Confederacy and praising Lincoln and the Union, calling himself "Citizen Train," he was involved in starting the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad. Wet plate, albumen 2.5 x 4 carte-de-visite photo, elegantly signed on the reverse in ink, “God Save the Union, Geo. Francis Train.” Seated view. Imprint on the front mount: George Francis Train. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1862, by Curtis Guild, in the Clerk's Office of the Dist. Court of the Dist. of Mass. Backmark: Silsbee, Case & Company, Boston. In fine condition, with trivial silvering to some of the darker areas of the image.