East View of Grey's Ferry, near Philadelphia, April 20, 1789 – Historic Photograph 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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This antique engraving of East View of Grey's Ferry, near Philadelphia, April 20, 1789 brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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East View of Grey's Ferry, near Philadelphia, April 20, 1789
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This engraving shows gray's Ferry from the east, a crossing of the Schuylkill River on the southwestern edge of Philadelphia. The record dates it to April 20, 1789, but that date comes from an older caption card and has not been independently verified. The print was used as an illustration in the Columbian Magazine, a Philadelphia monthly that ran from 1786 to 1792 and published views, essays and news for readers in the city and beyond. Such views offer a useful glimpse of a river crossing and its surroundings in the years just after the Revolution.
| Created / published | 1789 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Columbian Magazine, May 1789. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 945 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-108131 |
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