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[Steamboat approaching dock, view from the Morgan house, Silver Springs, Florida] – Antique Wall Art

[Steamboat approaching dock, view from the Morgan house, Silver Springs, Florida], [Niagara Falls, N.Y. : Geo. Barker,] c1886 June 15. — historic photograph
[Steamboat approaching dock, view from the Morgan house, Silver Springs, Florida], [Niagara Falls, N.Y. : Geo. Barker,] c1886 June 15.. 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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From the porch of the Morgan house, this 1886-era albumen print shows a steamboat nosing toward the landing at Silver Springs, Florida, where the clear spring-fed water drew tourists from the Northern states in the late 1800s. Steamers ran up the Ocklawaha River to bring visitors to the springs, so the arrival of a boat was a central event of a stay there. The photograph was made by George Barker, a Niagara Falls studio photographer who sold views of popular resorts and scenic places. Its albumen print process, which used egg-white-coated paper, was the standard for commercial photographs of this period.

Created / published[Niagara Falls, N.Y. : Geo. Barker,] c1886 June 15.
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreAlbumen prints 1880-1890.
Notes13892R U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Geo. Barker. Blind stamp: Barker, Photographer, Niagara Falls, N.Y. Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress .... Washington : Library of Congress ..., 1975, no. 41. Exhibited: American Treasures of the Library of Congress, Library of Congress, 2005-2006.
SubjectsSteamboats--Florida--Silver Springs--1880-1890. Resorts--Florida--Silver Springs--1880-1890. Waterfronts--Florida--Silver Springs--1880-1890.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,457 × 1,178 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-218507

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