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[Children playing quoits on deck of Steamer Comus] – Vintage Wall Art

[Children playing quoits on deck of Steamer Comus], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Children playing quoits on deck of Steamer Comus], [between 1900 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Steamboats 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: [Children playing quoits on deck of Steamer Comus], preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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[Children playing quoits on deck of Steamer Comus]

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Children tossing rings at a peg on the deck of the steamer Comus make up the subject of this 8 x 10 inch glass negative, a glimpse of simple leisure aboard a passenger vessel. A cataloger, not the photographer, supplied the title, so the exact location and occasion are not recorded. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this plate sometime between 1900 and 1920, photographed American cities, resorts and transportation for sale, and its large glass negatives preserve fine detail in clothing and deck life. The plate came to the Library of Congress as a gift from the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 789 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-75163

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