[Wagon of the Underground Electric Railway with Four Pole Motors Surrounding External Axes of Truck]

Institution

Schola Graphidis Art Collection, Hungarian University of Fine Arts - High School of Visual Arts, Budapest

Object description:

The photograph represents a wagon of the Millennium Underground in Budapest. The first underground electric railway on the European continent was built by the German firm Siemens & Halske in 1894-1896 and was inaugurated by Emperor Franz Joseph on the 2nd of May in 1896. The German-born photographer, György Klösz (1844-1913) was commissioned to document the phases of the construction on the spot. A representative photographic album was published with 15 items, documenting the construction, the entrance buildings of the stations, as well as the technical units of the underground railway.
Klösz, György: Földalatti villamos vasúti kocsi négy pólussal bíró és a forgóalvázak elülsõ tengelyeire erõsitett motorokkal - Voiture du chemin de fer souterrain avec moteurs ? quadruple pôle entourant les axes extérieurs du truck - [Wagon of the Underground Electric Railway with Four Pole Motors Surrounding External Axes of Truck], [1896] © Schola Graphidis Art Collection, Hungarian University of Fine Arts - High School of Visual Arts, Budapest

Object/Work type:

photographs

Cultural Heritage type:

Visual Works (hierarchy name)

Location:

Hungary - Hungary

Object measurements:

23 x 35 cm

Creation

photographed by Klösz, György (1844-1913) (photographer)

Culture: Hungarian

Date: [1896] Historicism

Production

Material/Technique: paper

Subject/theme:

documentary photography, underground railways, underground railway stations

Resource

Rights Type:  

Record

Source: Schola Graphidis Art Collection, Hungarian University of Fine Arts - High School of Visual Arts, Budapest

Identifier: 5118