A steamboat race on the Mississippi, (between the Baltic & Diana) – 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: A steamboat race on the Mississippi, (between the Baltic & Diana), preserved in this historic print. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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A steamboat race on the Mississippi, (between the Baltic & Diana)
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A steamboat race between the Baltic and the Diana, two vessels racing on the Mississippi, is the subject here, with the print dated to about 1859. Races like this were a common spectacle on the river in the 1850s, when rival packet boats competed for speed, passengers, and bragging rights, and crowds often gathered on the banks to watch. Such contests also carried real danger, since pushing engines to their limits could lead to boiler explosions. The record notes that the date and the associated name are unverified, so the print's exact origin remains uncertain, but it offers a vivid glimpse of river travel before the Civil War.
| Created / published | c1859 May 21. |
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| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | 118 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Weingärtner. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 35. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 9,597 × 7,081 px · prints to 32 × 24 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | A steamboat race on the Mississippi, (between the Baltic & Diana) |
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