Gov. Ames #3 / Bolles, fecit, Brooklyn. – Vintage Wall Art
(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: Gov. Ames #3 / Bolles, fecit, Brooklyn., preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Gov. Ames #3 / Bolles, fecit, Brooklyn.
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The record names this view "Gov. Ames #3," a numbered picture of a vessel carrying the Governor Ames name, and credits Bolles as its maker with "fecit, Brooklyn," the Latin for "made it." The image was catalogued as a photographic print from about 1895, and its registration with the U.S. Copyright Office suggests it was issued for commercial distribution. In the 1890s Brooklyn's East River waterfront was busy with shipyards, sail lofts, and cargo berths, and American sailing ships were still a familiar sight there before steam took over most long-haul trade. Prints like this one preserve how those working vessels looked at the close of the age of sail.
| Created / published | c1895. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 40950aa U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Sailing ships--American--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,126 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-169302 |
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