A steamboat race on the Mississippi, (between the Baltic & Diana) – Vintage 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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A steamboat race on the Mississippi, (between the Baltic & Diana) comes to life in this historic print, 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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A steamboat race on the Mississippi, (between the Baltic & Diana)
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Two Mississippi steamboats, the Baltic and the Diana, are shown racing in this view, a contest that drew crowds to both riverbanks. Races like this were a common spectacle on western rivers before the Civil War, as captains pushed their engines hard for bragging rights and sometimes for wagers. The record dates the picture to about 1859, though that date is unverified and the maker is uncertain. It offers a lively glimpse of the steamboat era at its height.
| Created / published | c1859 May 21. |
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| Medium | 1 print. |
| Notes | 118 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Weingärtner. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 35. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,128 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-109873 |
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