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Unloading wheat [from steamboat], Buffalo, N.Y. – Antique Print

Unloading wheat [from steamboat], Buffalo, N.Y., c1912 April 4. — historic photograph
Unloading wheat [from steamboat], Buffalo, N.Y., c1912 April 4.. Historic photograph from the Buffalo 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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Step back in time with Unloading wheat [from steamboat], Buffalo, N.Y., a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Unloading wheat [from steamboat], Buffalo, N.Y.

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Workers unloading wheat from a steamship at Buffalo, New York, show the city's dockside grain trade at work. Buffalo grew into one of the largest grain-handling ports on the Great Lakes after the Erie Canal opened in 1825, linking the lakes to New York markets and making the city a transfer point between lake vessels and rail and canal boats. The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that produced large numbers of views of American places around 1900 to 1920, made this print. The record's date is taken from an old caption card and has not been verified.

Created / publishedc1912 April 4.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesJ167798 U.S. Copyright Office Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Docks; Steamships; Geogr.; Grain elevators.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,226 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-144800

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