POWHATAN – Historic Reproduction
![POWHATAN, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6d/6dac76cc171d-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 rare historic photograph captures POWHATAN in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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POWHATAN
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The Powhatan was a sidewheel steam warship of the U.S. Navy, and its name is the detail that sets this view apart from other ship images in the collection. The caption card ties the subject to 1853, a period when the navy's steam fleet was growing and the ship was connected with Commodore Matthew Perry's effort to open Japan to American trade. The print came from the Detroit Publishing Company, which produced views decades after many of the events it depicted, so it probably shows the vessel as it was later seen rather than as a contemporary record. The date and subject come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photograph by the Detroit Publishing Co. Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ships--; U.S. Hist.--1853; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,130 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-142444 |
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