Suspension bridge, Cincinnati, Ohio – Antique Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Suspension bridge, Cincinnati, Ohio, preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Suspension bridge, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Steamboats are the detail that sets this view apart. The record names the Island Queen, a side-wheel steamer, and the picture pairs her with the Roebling Suspension Bridge spanning the Ohio River between Cincinnati and Covington, Kentucky. Completed in 1866 and designed by John A. Roebling, the bridge was a forerunner of his Brooklyn Bridge, and it carried both road and foot traffic over the river for decades. Side-wheelers like the Island Queen were a familiar sight on the Ohio in the early 1900s, when river excursions were a popular pastime. The Detroit Publishing Company, which made this glass negative around 1907, documented American towns and landmarks for sale as views, so the photograph captures a working river city at the height of its steamboat era.
| Created / published | c1907. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Notes | Corresponding glass transparency (with same series code) available on videodisc frame 1A-30874. Island Queen |
| Subjects | Bridges. Side wheelers.United States--Ohio--Cincinnati. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,159 × 4,957 px · prints to 21 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-71665 |
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