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[Freighter W.W. Brown taking on coal, Cleveland, Ohio] – Antique Print

[Freighter W.W. Brown taking on coal, Cleveland, Ohio], [between 1900 and 1920] — historic photograph
[Freighter W.W. Brown taking on coal, Cleveland, Ohio], [between 1900 and 1920]. Historic photograph from the Cleveland 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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This rare historic photograph captures [Freighter W.W. Brown taking on coal, Cleveland, Ohio] in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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[Freighter W.W. Brown taking on coal, Cleveland, Ohio]

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Steam freighter W.W. Brown is shown taking on coal at a Cleveland dock, with hoisting machinery swinging over her hold. Cleveland was a major Great Lakes port, and coal flowed out from the region's mines to fuel the furnaces and steamers that moved iron ore and grain across the lakes. The Detroit Publishing Company, which issued views of American cities and industry in the early twentieth century, made this glass-plate negative, so the picture also records how cargo handling looked before the trade became more mechanized.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1920]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. No. 87 G.F.C." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 500394. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsW.W. Brown (Freighter) Coal. Hoisting machinery. Cargo ships. Shipping.United States--Ohio--Cleveland.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan808 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-74773

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