[Going on board the St. Louis to welcome Li Hung Chang] – Vintage Wall Art
![[Going on board the St. Louis to welcome Li Hung Chang], [1896?] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/00/0040fa7a5588-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [Going on board the St. Louis to welcome Li Hung Chang], a historic photograph rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Going on board the St. Louis to welcome Li Hung Chang]
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Going aboard the ocean liner St. Louis to greet Li Hung-chang sets this view apart from the board's other street and harbor scenes, since it shows a formal welcome on a ship's deck rather than the city itself. Li (1823-1901) was a senior Qing dynasty statesman who negotiated with Western powers and toured Europe and the United States in the mid-1890s, when such visits drew large crowds and heavy press coverage. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm known for its travel photography, made this glass negative, which was catalogued with the date "1896?" and later donated to the State Historical Society of Colorado. The question mark signals that the exact date is uncertain.
| Created / published | [1896?] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Title from jacket. 1811" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 32467. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Li, Hung-Chang,--1823-1901. St. Louis (Ocean liner) Ocean liners. Visits of state. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 786 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-66063 |
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