EASTLAND overturned in Chicago River, 7/24/15 – Antique 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 historic photograph of EASTLAND overturned in Chicago River, 7/24/15 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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EASTLAND overturned in Chicago River, 7/24/15
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The Eastland, a passenger steamer, rolled onto its side while still tied to its dock on the Chicago River on July 24, 1915, as passengers were boarding for a company excursion. The disaster killed 844 people, many of them Western Electric employees and their families, and it remains one of the deadliest maritime losses in Great Lakes history. The Bain News Service, a commercial agency that supplied news photographs to newspapers, recorded the wreck on glass negative, preserving a rare view of the ship lying on its side in the water.
| Created / published | 7/24/15. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch four loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,691 × 4,122 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-20860 |
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