[Illus. of shore-to-ship life-saving cable cars: 4 cutaway views of Life-Car] – Antique Print
![[Illus. of shore-to-ship life-saving cable cars: 4 cutaway views of Life-Car], 1851 — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/93/936c876cb838-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 antique engraving captures [Illus. of shore-to-ship life-saving cable cars: 4 cutaway views of Life-Car] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Illus. of shore-to-ship life-saving cable cars: 4 cutaway views of Life-Car]
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Four cutaway views of the Life-Car set this wood engraving apart from ordinary shipwreck scenes, since it explains the machine's interior rather than showing a rescue in progress. The Life-Car was an enclosed cable car meant to carry people between a stranded ship and the shore, so a sailor could be hauled through surf that would otherwise drown him. The engraving ran in Harper's Magazine in 1851, when rescue technology for wrecks was drawing wide public attention. Its cross-sections show how passengers were seated and how the car was secured to the line.
| Created / published | 1851 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Subjects | Illus. in: Harper's Magazine, 1851, v. 3, p. 162. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Ships--Disasters. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 928 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-146786 |
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