U.S.S. Surnal – Historic Reproduction
![U.S.S. Surnal, [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/8c/8c6c68f85b68-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 U.S.S. Surnal in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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U.S.S. Surnal
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The record gives little beyond the name, which appears on this Detroit Publishing Company glass negative as the U.S.S. Surnal, a steamboat cataloged among government vessels. The negative dates from roughly 1900 to 1905, when the company was photographing American rivers, harbors and working craft for its commercial views. Government steamboats of that era often handled survey, supply or dredging work on inland waterways, though the record does not say what this vessel did. Its 8 by 10 inch glass plate preserves considerable detail for anyone studying early twentieth-century river craft.
| Created / published | [between 1900 and 1905] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | 3114 G" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021885. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Surnal (Steamboat) Steamboats. Government vessels--American. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 772 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-64924 |
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