S.S. Cape Cod – Historic Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: S.S. Cape Cod, preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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S.S. Cape Cod
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The record preserves little beyond the vessel's name, but this 8 by 10 inch glass negative, made around 1906, shows the S.S. Cape Cod as the Detroit Publishing Company saw it. The firm, founded by Detroit businessman William Livingstone, became one of the largest commercial photography operations in the country, selling views of steamboats, railways, and resort towns as postcards and prints. The negative is cracked across both sides, a reminder of how fragile these early glass plates were. The State Historical Society of Colorado gave it to the Library of Congress in 1949.
| Created / published | c1906. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Negative cracked, both sides. 3320" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 022296. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 796 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-65270 |
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