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Group of pilots of steam pilot boat New York – Vintage Wall Art

Group of pilots of steam pilot boat New York, [between 1900 and 1905] — historic photograph
Group of pilots of steam pilot boat New York, [between 1900 and 1905]. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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Group of pilots of steam pilot boat New York comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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The steam pilot boat *New York* is the vessel named in this record, and the men pictured are her crew of pilots. Pilot boats cruised the approaches to New York Harbor, where a pilot would board an incoming ship and guide it through the channels to its berth.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1905]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesDetroit Publishing Co. no. 062009. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SubjectsNew York (Pilot boat) Pilot boats. Seamen--American.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 796 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-70759

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