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Steamer landing, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley, Charleston, S.C. – Vintage Wall Art

Steamer landing, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley, Charleston, S.C., [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
Steamer landing, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley, Charleston, S.C., [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Charleston 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 landing, Magnolia-on-the-Ashley, Charleston, S.C.

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A steamer tied up at the landing sets this view apart, marking the dock that served Magnolia-on-the-Ashley, the plantation gardens on the river outside Charleston. By the early 1900s those gardens drew steady numbers of visitors, and river steamers were among the simplest ways to reach them from the city. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued photographs like this for travel promotion, recorded many Southern scenes in these years, making the picture a useful glimpse of how tourism shaped the Ashley River waterfront.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 4119" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 070099. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsPiers & wharves. Steamboats.United States--South Carolina--Charleston.United States--South Carolina--Ashley River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-71692

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