Details
Creator James Cremer & Co.
Title First steamboat on Hudson River. [graphic].
Publisher Philadelphia : Published by Cremer & Co., 18 South Eighth St
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1864
Date 1864
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen on stereograph mount, hand-colored ; 17 x 8 cm. (6.75 x 3 in.)
Description View showing a model of the steamboat, propellors and engine John Stevens purportedly built ca. 1804 and navigated in the Hudson River. Includes a framed portrait of Stevens, who also invented the first steamboat that navigated the ocean, in the model boat. The U.S. Sanitary Commission organized the Great Central Fair in Logan Square from June 7-28, 1864. The fair was one of several national fairs that displayed art, craft, and historical exhibits to benefit the U.S. Sanitary Commission, a soldier relief organization.
Is part of The Great Sanitary fair, Philadelphia, 1864.
Notes Title from publisher's label pasted on verso.
Photographer's imprint on label pasted on verso.
Yellow mounts with square corners.
Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject Stevens, John, 1749-1838 -- Associated objects.
Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.)
Exhibitions & displays -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Boats -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Models -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Logan Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Genre Albumen prints -- Hand-colored -- 1860-1870.
Stereographs -- Hand-colored -- 1860-1870.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Cremer - Exhibitions [P.8643.6]
Accession number P.8643.6