Steamers along the piers, Baltimore, Md. – Historic Reproduction
(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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Step back in time with Steamers along the piers, Baltimore, Md., a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Steamers along the piers, Baltimore, Md.
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Steamers crowded against the piers of Baltimore's harbor give this view its focus, a working waterfront photographed around 1905 by the Detroit Photographic Company. The company's color-tinted views were sold widely as picture postcards and souvenir books, and this print belongs to the large Detroit Publishing Company collection now held by the Library of Congress. Baltimore was then a major port for coastal and Chesapeake Bay shipping, and the paddle and screw steamers tied up along its wharves carried passengers, freight and produce up and down the bay. The picture records the busy maritime trade that shaped the city's growth in the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Photographic prints 1900-1910. |
| Notes | Copyright by Detroit Photographic Co. No. 018501. Forms part of: Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). |
| Subjects | Steamboats--Maryland--Baltimore--1900-1910. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,303 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-203368 |
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