Pilots going out on steam pilot boat New York – Historic Print
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(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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Pilots going out on steam pilot boat New York 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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Pilots going out on steam pilot boat New York
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Pilot boats like this one carried New York's harbor pilots out past the Narrows to meet incoming ships, where a pilot would climb aboard to guide the vessel through the crowded channels and up the Hudson or East River. Boats of this type were a familiar sight at the harbor entrance in the early 1900s, when steam-powered pilot vessels had begun to replace the sailing craft that had long served the trade. This glass negative comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, whose photographers traveled widely to document American scenes for commercial sale, and it is one of the few records that show the working men of the port at sea rather than on the docks.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1905] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Detroit Publishing Co. no. 062010. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. |
| Subjects | New York (Pilot boat) Pilot boats. Seamen--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 786 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-70760 |
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