Str. Wm. E. Corey, interior of hold – Vintage 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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Str. Wm. E. Corey, interior of hold comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Str. Wm. E. Corey, interior of hold
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The cavernous hold of the steamer William E. Corey, a Great Lakes freighter named for the steel magnate who headed U.S. Steel, is the subject here, photographed at South Chicago around 1905. The picture was made as a glass dry plate negative, a format that gave photographers of this era sharp detail, and it belongs to the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for documenting American landscapes, towns and industry for commercial sale. Freighters like the Corey carried iron ore and coal across the lakes, so the empty, ribbed space of the hold offers a rare look at the working machinery of the region's shipping trade.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021860. South Chicago. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | William E. Corey (Freighter) Cargo ships. Boat & ship industry. Interiors.United States--Illinois--Chicago. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 775 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64900 |
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