Snapshots of the Past

S.S. City of Savannah – Antique Print

S.S. City of Savannah, [between 1907 and 1915] — historic photograph
S.S. City of Savannah, [between 1907 and 1915]. Historic photograph from the Savannah 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.)

Description

Step back in time with S.S. City of Savannah, a historic photograph rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

Choose the framed print, ready to hang the day it arrives, or the unframed print for a frame of your own. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

S.S. City of Savannah

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

Few pictures on this board show a working vessel as plainly as this view of the S.S. City of Savannah, a steamship that carried passengers and freight between Savannah and northern ports. It was made on an 8 by 10 inch glass plate, the large-format negative the Detroit Publishing Company used for its commercial views of towns, rivers and waterfronts, which it sold to travelers and collectors in the early 1900s. The plate is marked with the ship's name and a Detroit Publishing number, and the negative later passed to the Colorado State Historical Society. Steamers like this one were a common sight at Savannah's docks before the First World War.

Created / published[between 1907 and 1915]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesG 1254" and "4" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021751. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-64796

More from the Savannah collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

[Palmettoes on Tybee Island, Savannah, Ga.][Palmettoes on Tybee Island, Savannah, Ga.]Fountain in Forsyth Park, Savannah, Ga.Fountain in Forsyth Park, Savannah, Ga.[The Hermitage, Oak Avenue, Savannah, Ga.][The Hermitage, Oak Avenue, Savannah, Ga.]Chippewa Square, Bull Street, Savannah, Ga.Chippewa Square, Bull Street, Savannah, Ga.[The Whole black family at the Hermitage, Savannah, Ga.][The Whole black family at the Hermitage, Savannah, Ga.]Union Station, Savannah, Ga.Union Station, Savannah, Ga.