The ferry boat / F. Palmer, del. ; N. Currier Lith. N.Y. – Antique Print
(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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Step back in time with The ferry boat / F. Palmer, del. ; N. Currier Lith. N.Y., a historic image rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The ferry boat / F. Palmer, del. ; N. Currier Lith. N.Y.
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*The Ferry Boat* is a lithograph by Nathaniel Currier, printed in New York in 1847 from a design by F. Palmer, and it shows a crossing made by a working boat of the kind that carried travelers and goods across rivers and harbors. Currier's shop turned out large numbers of inexpensive prints in the 1840s, and its scenes of everyday life, travel, and sport were sold to a broad middle-class public. The print's place on this board suggests a dog is part of the scene, so it is worth looking for the animal among the passengers and in the foreground. The image is also a useful record of how ferries and their passengers appeared to the mid-century city-dwelling public.
| Created / published | 1847 |
|---|---|
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,416 × 2,547 px · prints to 11 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 28 |
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