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[The Niagara, Perry flagship replica] – Antique Print

[The Niagara, Perry flagship replica], [between 1910 and 1920] — historic photograph
[The Niagara, Perry flagship replica], [between 1910 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Niagara Falls 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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[The Niagara, Perry flagship replica] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship, the *Niagara*, carried the American squadron to victory over the British on Lake Erie in September 1813, and this view shows a replica of that vessel rather than the original. The replica was built in Erie, Pennsylvania, for the battle's centennial in 1913 and toured the Great Lakes as a floating memorial to the engagement. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued thousands of views of American sites in the early twentieth century, made the glass-plate negative. Its presence on a Niagara Falls board reflects how closely the lake battle is tied to the Niagara frontier.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 6.5 x 8.5 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. No. 30" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500777. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 760 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-75017

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