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[Steamer on Black River, Pt. Huron] – Vintage Print

[Steamer on Black River, Pt. Huron], [between 1893 and 1905] — historic photograph
[Steamer on Black River, Pt. Huron], [between 1893 and 1905]. 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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A window into the past: [Steamer on Black River, Pt. Huron], preserved in this historic photograph. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[Steamer on Black River, Pt. Huron]

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The steamer *Hiawatha* is the subject here, photographed on the Black River at Port Huron, Michigan, a short waterway that feeds into the St. Clair River near Lake Huron. The picture dates from roughly 1893 to 1905, when river steamers carried passengers and freight through the St. Clair and Black River corridor and wharves like these were busy with cargo. The Detroit Publishing Company made the negative, and its large-format glass plates from this era documented American towns, waterways and commerce for travel promotion. Wharves and steamboats of this period show how much river traffic shaped small Great Lakes ports before rail and trucking took over.

Created / published[between 1893 and 1905]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 5" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 32344. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsHiawatha (Steamboat) Steamboats. Rivers. Piers & wharves.United States--Michigan--Port Huron.United States--Michigan--Black River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 798 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-65965

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