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Old Quarantine Station, mouth of the Schuykill [i.e., Schuylkill] – Vintage Print

Old Quarantine Station, mouth of the Schuykill [i.e., Schuylkill], 1857 May 10. — historic drawing
Old Quarantine Station, mouth of the Schuykill [i.e., Schuylkill], 1857 May 10.. Historic drawing from the Sailing & Yachts 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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A window into the past: Old Quarantine Station, mouth of the Schuykill [i.e., Schuylkill], preserved in this historic drawing. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Old Quarantine Station, mouth of the Schuykill [i.e., Schuylkill]

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The watercolor shows the Old Quarantine Station at the mouth of the Schuylkill River, a place where ships were held for inspection before they could continue toward Philadelphia's docks. Quarantine stations like this one guarded port cities against epidemic diseases such as yellow fever, which arrived by sea and spread quickly in crowded towns. Painted in May 1857, the work joins the Marian S. Carson collection of American watercolors at the Library of Congress, and it records a working waterfront at a time when river traffic and public health rules shaped daily life on the Delaware and Schuylkill.

Created / published1857 May 10.
Medium1 drawing : watercolor.
GenreWatercolors American 1850-1860.Drawings American Color 1850-1860.
NotesForms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congress). Published in: Gathering history: the Marian S. Carson collection of Americana / Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1999, p. 85.
SubjectsRivers--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1850-1860. Boats--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1850-1860. Health care facilities--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--1850-1860.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,735 × 3,792 px · prints to 16 × 13 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-219554

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