CITY OF MADISON [side-wheel riverboat] - sunk on dyke at Madison, Ind., June 18, 1894 – Historic Print
![CITY OF MADISON [side-wheel riverboat] - sunk on dyke at Madison, Ind., June 18, 1894, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8b/8b364206a6d3-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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Step back in time with CITY OF MADISON [side-wheel riverboat] - sunk on dyke at Madison, Ind., June 18, 1894, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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CITY OF MADISON [side-wheel riverboat] - sunk on dyke at Madison, Ind., June 18, 1894
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The side-wheeler City of Madison is shown sunk on the dyke at Madison, Indiana, an event the caption ties to June 18, 1894. Madison was a busy Ohio River port in the nineteenth century, and side-wheel steamboats carried passengers and freight along the river between towns like it. A boat stranded on the town's bank would have drawn attention from residents. The date comes from the caption card, which records no separate date, so it reflects that card's account.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | No. 101. Eskew Collection. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 951 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-159347 |
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