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[Steamer Sampo] – Antique Wall Art

[Steamer Sampo], [between 1895 and 1915] — historic photograph
[Steamer Sampo], [between 1895 and 1915]. 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [Steamer Sampo]. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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The steamer Sampo is named in the title, but the record gives no route, port, or date beyond the rough span of 1895 to 1915, so its working life remains unclear. The picture comes from the Detroit Publishing Company, which during those decades sent photographers across the United States to record towns, rail lines, and waterways. Its 8 by 10 inch glass negative was a large format that captured fine detail in a vessel's hull, rigging, and deck. Steamboats of this era carried freight and passengers and were central to river and lake commerce, which makes the image a useful record of that trade.

Created / published[between 1895 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.Photographic prints Reproductions.
NotesTitle from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042246. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 704 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69547

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