Str. Eastern States – Historic Print
![Str. Eastern States, [1901 or 1902] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/4f/4f007c2b8cc9-L.webp)
(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 Str. Eastern States brings a moment of history to your wall. 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. Eastern States
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The subject is a steamship named *Eastern States*, a vessel whose name suggests a passenger or cargo boat working the waterways of the early twentieth century. Steamers like this were a staple of Detroit Publishing Company photography, which documented American rivers, harbors, and transportation routes around 1900. This is a large-format 8 x 10 inch glass dry plate negative, and its record places it in 1901 or 1902, based on comparison with negatives bearing similar numbers. The picture reached the Library of Congress as a 1949 gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado.
| Created / published | [1901 or 1902] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Date based on negatives with similar numbers. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021693. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 796 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64743 |
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