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[Str. City of Ottawa entering Cuyahoga Creek, Cleveland, Ohio] – Antique Print

[Str. City of Ottawa entering Cuyahoga Creek, Cleveland, Ohio], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Str. City of Ottawa entering Cuyahoga Creek, Cleveland, Ohio], [between 1900 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Cleveland 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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[Str. City of Ottawa entering Cuyahoga Creek, Cleveland, Ohio] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Str. City of Ottawa entering Cuyahoga Creek, Cleveland, Ohio]

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The picture shows the steamer City of Ottawa heading into the mouth of Cuyahoga Creek at Cleveland, with tugboats and bridges marking the busy river harbor. Around 1900 to 1920, the lower Cuyahoga carried heavy Great Lakes traffic in iron ore, coal, and freight, and movable bridges and tugs had to work around vessels entering and leaving the channel. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this 8 by 10 inch glass negative, documented American cities and waterways in this period. Its surviving negatives give a detailed record of how the working waterfront looked.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. No. 72 G.F.C." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500397. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsCity of Ottawa (Steamboat) Steamboats. Tugboats. Bridges.United States--Ohio--Cleveland.United States--Ohio--Cuyahoga River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 791 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-74776

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