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U.S. mail steam ship Atlantic – Historic Print

U.S. mail steam ship Atlantic, New York : Published by N. Currier, c1850. — antique lithograph
U.S. mail steam ship Atlantic, New York : Published by N. Currier, c1850.. Antique lithograph 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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Few images capture their era like this antique lithograph of U.S. mail steam ship Atlantic. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The paddle steamer *Atlantic* was one of the Collins Line ships, which carried the federal mail contract between New York and Liverpool, and the title's "U.S. Mail" marks that role. Nathaniel Currier published this lithograph in New York around 1850, when his shop was producing many views of ocean steamers for a public fascinated by the new fleets. The Collins Line's rivalry with Britain's Cunard Line kept the *Atlantic* in American newspapers, and the print captures the national pride attached to these ships.

Created / publishedNew York : Published by N. Currier, c1850.
Medium1 print : lithograph.
GenreLithographs 1850.
NotesCurrier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6831
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,136 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-109122

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