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Mississippi river steamboat / executed by the Heliotype Printing Co., Boston, Mass. U.S.A. – Antique Wall Art

Mississippi river steamboat / executed by the Heliotype Printing Co., Boston, Mass. U.S.A., c1895. — antique lithograph
Mississippi river steamboat / executed by the Heliotype Printing Co., Boston, Mass. U.S.A., c1895.. Antique lithograph from the Natchez Trace Parkway 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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Mississippi river steamboat / executed by the Heliotype Printing Co., Boston, Mass. U.S.A. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Mississippi river steamboat / executed by the Heliotype Printing Co., Boston, Mass. U.S.A.

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This 1895 color lithograph ties a Mississippi River steamboat to the cotton plantations along its banks, and its catalog entry also lists maps among its subjects. Designed and copyrighted by M.P. Levyeau in Boston, it was printed by the Heliotype Printing Co., and its heading reads "Should old acquaintance be forgot," followed by a line of compliments. By the 1890s, steamboats still carried cotton and freight along the Mississippi, though railroads were steadily taking over that work. The record also tags African Americans as a subject, a reminder of how heavily the Southern river economy depended on Black labor.

Created / publishedc1895.
Medium1 print : lithograph, color.
GenreLithographs Color 1890-1900.
Notes61561aa U.S. Copyright Office. Title from item. At head of title: Should owld [sic] acquaintance be forgot compliments of. Designed and copyrighted by M.P. Levyeau, 1895, Boston.
SubjectsAfrican Americans--Southern States--1890-1900. Steamboats--Southern States--1890-1900. Cotton plantations--Southern States--1890-1900. Maps--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,000 × 3,194 px · prints to 13 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-223198

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