Statue of Liberty seen from the S.S. Coamo leaving New York – Historic 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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This rare historic photograph captures Statue of Liberty seen from the S.S. Coamo leaving New York in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Statue of Liberty seen from the S.S. Coamo leaving New York
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Taken from the deck of the S.S. Coamo as it pulled away from New York, this view puts the Statue of Liberty in the frame as a departing ship's passengers would have seen it. The photograph was made in December 1941, only weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor drew the United States into World War II, when departures from New York carried a new weight. The statue, a gift from France dedicated in 1886, had long served as the city's first sight for arrivals, so a picture of it receding behind a ship offers a quieter view of the harbor's farewells. The negative is a nitrate film, a format that was common for news and documentary work of the period.
| Created / published | 1941 Dec. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : nitrate ; 35 mm. |
| Genre | Nitrate negatives. |
| Notes | Title and other information from caption card. United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. |
| Subjects | United States--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,666 × 2,467 px · prints to 12 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-202192 |
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