B Docks at Savannah, Georgia, 1909 – Antique Photo Print
(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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B Docks at Savannah, Georgia, 1909 comes to life in this historic image, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Seaboard Air Land [i.e., Line?] docks, Savannah, Ga.
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B Docks at Savannah, Georgia, 1909
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Savannah, Georgia, in 1909 was still one of the busiest seaports in the South, with its riverfront lined by wharves and warehouses handling cotton, naval stores such as turpentine and rosin, and lumber from the pine country inland. Steamships bound for Britain and Northern ports took on cotton bales, while rail lines carried crops and goods between the river and the interior. Cotton factors and merchant houses shaped the city's commercial life, and longshoremen and stevedores did the heavy lifting that kept cargo moving along the docks. For residents, the waterfront was the clearest measure of the city's prosperity and its place in the wider cotton economy.
| Created / published | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Creator | haines photo co. (conneaut, ohio) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Georgia |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,195 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Seaboard Air Land [i.e., Line?] docks, Savannah, Ga. |
| Reference | GA B Docks at Savannah 1909 |
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