Maryland - Baltimore - Steamer JOPPA and small craft at anchor – Vintage Wall Art
![Maryland - Baltimore - Steamer JOPPA and small craft at anchor, [no date recorded on caption card]v — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c1/c1b1fedff3d6-L.webp)
(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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Maryland - Baltimore - Steamer JOPPA and small craft at anchor comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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A steamer named the Joppa rides at anchor here, with smaller craft clustered around it on the water, a reminder of how much of Baltimore's commerce moved by water. The caption card gives no date, so the exact year is unknown. Still, the picture captures the harbor's working life, when steamboats carried passengers and freight between the city and the towns of the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. Steamboat traffic was central to Baltimore's economy through the nineteenth century, and scenes like this one show how crowded and busy the waterfront was before motor vehicles and rail reshaped the port.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card]v |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Wittemann Collection. No. 2358. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Steamboats (2); Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,317 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-149261 |
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