The new excursion steamer Columbia: gem of the ocean"" – 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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This antique lithograph of The new excursion steamer Columbia: gem of the ocean"" brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The new excursion steamer Columbia: gem of the ocean""
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This chromolithograph shows the steamer Columbia, billed in its title as the "gem of the ocean," and it was issued by Currier & Ives in New York around 1877. Its design credits go to Charles R. Parsons and Lyman W. Atwater, both marine artists who produced many of the firm's ship and steamboat views. Excursion steamers of this era carried holidaymakers on day trips along rivers and coastal waters, and the firm's color prints helped make such vessels familiar to households across the country. The print is a useful record of how popular steamboat imagery was marketed in the late 1800s.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1877. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : chromolithograph. |
| Genre | Chromolithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Artist: Charles R. Parsons and Lyman W. Atwater. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4802 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,019 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-134621 |
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