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[Steamer Robert Fulton, possibly on Hudson River] – Vintage Wall Art

[Steamer Robert Fulton, possibly on Hudson River], [between 1910 and 1930] — historic photograph
[Steamer Robert Fulton, possibly on Hudson River], [between 1910 and 1930]. 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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[Steamer Robert Fulton, possibly on Hudson River]

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The steamer Robert Fulton carries the name of the engineer who built the Clermont, the steamboat that made its first successful run up the Hudson River in 1807. The cataloger's title says the river is only a possibility, so the location rests on the boat's name rather than a confirmed caption. The picture survives as a 5 by 7 inch glass negative, made between 1910 and 1930 by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm known for documenting American scenery and travel. The record also notes that the image was copied from a print and reversed, so this negative is a secondhand record of the original view.

Created / published[between 1910 and 1930]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in.
GenreReproductions.Dry plate negatives.
NotesTitle devised by cataloger. Photograph of a photographic print; videodisc image laterally reversed. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 702 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-77122

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