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[Steamer City of Rockland] – Vintage Print

[Steamer City of Rockland], [between 1910 and 1930] — historic photograph
[Steamer City of Rockland], [between 1910 and 1930]. Historic photograph from the Steamboats 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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[Steamer City of Rockland]

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Little is recorded about this steamer beyond its name, which the cataloger supplied because the glass negative carries no original caption. It belongs to the Detroit Publishing Company collection, a commercial firm that produced many American views in the early twentieth century. Steamboats were a common subject for such photographers because passenger and freight steamers carried much of the travel and trade on rivers, lakes and coastal waters before highways and railroads reached many towns. The 5 x 7 inch glass plate was a 1949 gift to the Library of Congress from the State Historical Society of Colorado.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1930]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 697 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77089

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