looking for a similar font, thanks!

Bureau Grot  Suggested by donshottype 
Americane Condensed Black  Suggested by donshottype 
Rama Gothic  Suggested by Heron2001 

closest I could find. Rama Gothic Exp Heavy

yes, it is quite similar
tnx!

It would be helpful if you could give some information on the source of this old specimen.

The citation [Baltimore Type Foundry (1832)] in your other old font request* is very helpful in searching for a substitute.

* https://www.dafont.com/forum/read/347686/baltimore-type-foundry-1832

this is "Caslon - Specimen of printing types - 1874"

287 page
https://archive.org/stream/SpecimenOfPrintingTypes#page/n287/mode/2up

Thanks for the source.
Several points.

This is an 1874 reprint of Caslon's 1841 specimen book.

This is one of the earliest versions of a font style called Grotesque or Grotesk [Gothic in the U.S.]

Compare your ultra large point size specimen with smaller ones, such the ten line


and the two line [which shows the full alphabet and the &.


Note that as the size decreases the counters open, so that the font becomes less bold. In circa 1841 the punches for all sizes were individually cut without the assistance of a pantograph for scaling.

Caslon did not publish a name for the font, other than "compressed" but copies were later sold as English Grotesque and, in the U.S., as English Gothic.

AFAIK there is no digital revival of Caslon's English Grotesque Condensed.

The closest substitute I found is based on grotesques released by Stephenson Blake, a 19th century competitor to caslon.

See Bureau Grot Condensed Black. Also Bureau Grot Compressed Black.

Americane Condensed Black is closer than Bureau Grot.
Even has a similar ampersand
http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/hvdfonts/americane-condensed/black/glyphs/655188/9