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[Steamer Octorara, Great Lakes Transit Co.] – Antique Print

[Steamer Octorara, Great Lakes Transit Co.], [between 1910 and 1930] — historic photograph
[Steamer Octorara, Great Lakes Transit Co.], [between 1910 and 1930]. Historic photograph 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Steamer Octorara, Great Lakes Transit Co.] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Steamer Octorara, Great Lakes Transit Co.]

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The steamer Octorara, operated by the Great Lakes Transit Company, is the subject of this 5-by-7-inch glass negative. The plate copies a photographic print of the vessel rather than capturing the ship directly, so it preserves a view that was already one step removed from the original scene. It is undated beyond a span of roughly 1910 to 1930, a period when steamers hauling iron ore, coal and grain formed the backbone of commerce on the Great Lakes. The negative belongs to the Detroit Publishing Company collection, a firm known for its broad record of American rivers, harbors and working waterfronts.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1930]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreReproductions.Dry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. Photograph of a photographic print. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 702 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77106

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