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Governors Island, East River, N.Y. – Historic Print

Governors Island, East River, N.Y., c1897. — historic photograph
Governors Island, East River, N.Y., c1897.. Historic photograph from the Governors Island National Monument 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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Step back in time with Governors Island, East River, N.Y., a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Governors Island, East River, N.Y.

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Here the island sits in the East River with a sidewheel steamer working the water nearby. The caption card names the steamer as the *Grand Republic*, though the record notes that its details are unverified. In the 1890s Governors Island was a U.S. Army post, with its old fortifications and garrison buildings guarding the harbor approaches to New York. Views like this one, taken by local photographers such as A. Loeffler of Tompkinsville on Staten Island, show how busy the waterfront was. Ferries, tugs, and paddle steamers crossed these channels daily.

Created / publishedc1897.
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsCopyright by A. Loeffler, Tompkinsville, N.Y. No. 496. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY--NYC--Waterfront and harbor; Steamboats--Misc.; Sidewheelers; NY--NYC--Governors Island; Shelf.; Steamboats--Misc.--Grand Republic.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,214 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-136902

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