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The ^[[recent]] increase of ^[[popular]] interest in matters relating to the history of transportation [[strikethrough]] and the growth of the [[/strikethrough]] ^[[is most remarkable, while the recognition of the]] importance of illustrating this phase of human effort [[strikethrough]] in the estimation of [[/strikethrough]] ^[[by]] the Managers of American Expositions, [[strikethrough]] have been remarkable. [[/strikethrough]] ^[[is most gratifying.]]

At the Centennial Exposition of 1876, a single old steam locomotive and car were exhibited, together with a few implements of transportation, ^[[shown]] in the Ethnological Collection. At New Orleans, ten years later, a single railway exhibited a series of models of ancient locomotives and cars. At Cincinnati, in 1888, the first synoptical exhibit showing the development of the art of transportation was made by the U.S. National Museum in the Government Building where [[strikethrough]] only [[space left to fill in number]] square feet  [[/strikethrough]] ^[[a very limited space]] could be devoted to the subject; [[strikethrough]] four years later 17 acres are set apart for[[/strikethrough]] the exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition. 

[[strikethrough]]The interest taken by the railways in this Country in the coming Exhibition leads to the hope that these collections in the Museum will be [[/strikethrough]]