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Str. Strathcona – Antique Wall Art

Str. Strathcona, [between 1905 and 1915] — historic photograph
Str. Strathcona, [between 1905 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Detroit Publishing Company collection.

(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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Str. Strathcona

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A Canadian maple leaf painted on the smokestack identifies the steamer Strathcona as a Canadian vessel, a detail that sets this view apart from the many American river and lake boats in the collection. The Detroit Publishing Company, which worked from Detroit and sold views of both American and Canadian scenery, made this negative sometime between 1905 and 1915, when steamers were central to passenger travel and freight across the Great Lakes region. The 8 by 10 inch glass plate later came to the Library of Congress as a gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949.

Created / published[between 1905 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesCanadian maple leaf on stack. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 022767. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 803 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-65626

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