View of the great fire at Oswego, on the morning of July 30. 1850 – Vintage Photo Print
(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 print captures View of the great fire at Oswego, on the morning of July 30. 1850 in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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View of the great fire at Oswego, on the morning of July 30. 1850
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A view of the blaze that swept Oswego, the Lake Ontario port in New York, on the morning of July 30, 1850, the fire tore through much of the city's commercial waterfront. Prints like this one were issued soon after such disasters to show readers the scale of the damage. The publisher is recorded as Endicott & Company, and a copyright entry dated October 1850 suggests the picture reached the market while the loss was still fresh in public memory. Readers interested in early firefighting will find the subject a useful window onto how towns in this period responded to fires that could destroy whole blocks.
| Created / published | c1850 Oct. 10. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | 19 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Endicott & Company |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,121 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109865 |
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