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Sunken mail steamer SUNGARI – Historic Reproduction

Sunken mail steamer SUNGARI, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
Sunken mail steamer SUNGARI, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Steamboats 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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A window into the past: Sunken mail steamer SUNGARI, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Sunken mail steamer SUNGARI

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The subject is the steamer SUNGARI after it sank, a view that would have made the ship's loss visible to the public. The caption card records no date, so the sinking can't be placed in time from this record alone. The card's subject tags name both shipping disasters and the postal service, which points to a vessel that carried mail as well as passengers and cargo. Photographs of wrecked steamers like this one were often made for newspapers and marine insurers, who wanted proof of a vessel's condition and location. Sunken mail ships could also disrupt letter delivery along their routes until replacements or salvage arrangements were made.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ships--Disasters--SUNGARI; Postal service--Delivery--Boat and ship; Ships--SUNGARI; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,097 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-142695

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