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The arrival - Nantucket wharf – Antique Print

The arrival - Nantucket wharf, 1873 — antique engraving
The arrival - Nantucket wharf, 1873. Antique engraving from the Historic Print Archive 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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This rare antique engraving captures The arrival - Nantucket wharf in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The arrival - Nantucket wharf

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This engraving, titled "The arrival," shows a Nantucket wharf and was printed in the August 1873 issue of *Scribner's Monthly*, a popular American illustrated magazine. By then the island's economy had shifted sharply, since its once-busy whaling fleet had largely disappeared and the last whaler sailed in 1869. Magazines of the period often used engravings like this to introduce coastal towns to readers who would never visit them. The title points to a moment of arrival at the dock, a reminder of how central the harbor was to the island's life.

Created / published1873
Medium1 print : engraving.
NotesIllus. in: Scribner's Monthly, Aug. 1873, v. 6, no. 4. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Wharves; Geogr.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan960 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-142034

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