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Louisville Mail Company Steamboat JACOB STRADER – Historic Reproduction

Louisville Mail Company Steamboat JACOB STRADER — antique engraving
Louisville Mail Company Steamboat JACOB STRADER. Antique engraving 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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A window into the past: Louisville Mail Company Steamboat JACOB STRADER, preserved in this antique engraving. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Louisville Mail Company Steamboat JACOB STRADER

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The title ties this steamboat to the Louisville Mail Company, a reminder that the Ohio River at Louisville was a busy hub for packet traffic in the 1850s. Boats like the JACOB STRADER carried freight, mail, and passengers between river towns, and their owners relied on printed images to advertise their service. Wood engravings of the period captured hull lines, rigging, and paddle wheels in fine detail, which makes this print useful for seeing how river steamers looked before railroads reshaped travel.

Medium1 print : wood engraving.
Notes1854
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 920 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128866

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