Ship-building at East Boston – Antique Photo Print
(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 antique engraving captures Ship-building at East Boston in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Ship-building at East Boston
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Ship-building at East Boston, engraved in 1855, shows the waterfront yards that made the district one of the busiest shipbuilding centers on Boston Harbor. The wood engraving by V. Ace appeared in Ballou's Pictorial on May 19, 1855, a Boston illustrated weekly that brought scenes of local industry to readers across the city. In the decades before the Civil War, East Boston's yards turned out clipper ships and other vessels that carried goods and passengers far beyond the harbor. The date and publication details come from an older caption card and have not been independently verified.
| Created / published | 1855 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Notes | Wood engraving by V. Ace. Illus. in: Ballou's Pictorial, May 19, 1855. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,139 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109481 |
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