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[U.S. revenue cutter Morrill, Detroit, Mich.] – Vintage Wall Art

[U.S. revenue cutter Morrill, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[U.S. revenue cutter Morrill, Detroit, Mich.], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Detroit 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [U.S. revenue cutter Morrill, Detroit, Mich.]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[U.S. revenue cutter Morrill, Detroit, Mich.]

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The Detroit Publishing Company, a commercial firm that produced views of American cities and landscapes, recorded the revenue cutter *Morrill* at Detroit in a glass-plate negative made sometime between 1900 and 1910. The U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, which operated under the Treasury Department, enforced customs and maritime law on the nation's coasts and inland waters, and its cutters were a familiar sight on the Detroit River, one of the busiest shipping routes in the Great Lakes region. The company's large 8 x 10 inch negatives captured fine detail in the vessel's hull and rigging, giving a clear record of a working federal ship at a busy port.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. I-47" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034826. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsMorrill (Cutter) Government vessels--American.United States--Michigan--Detroit.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 803 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-67633

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