Details
Creator Watson, A., photographer.
Title John Stevens' first steamboat. [graphic].
Publisher [Philadelphia] : American Stereoscopic Company, W. Langenheim, General Agent, 722 Chestnut St.]
Date [ca. 1864]
Physical Description 1 photographic print : albumen ; 11 x 14 cm. (4.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description Unmounted stereograph shows 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. Located in the Machinery and Heavy Wheeled Vehicles section of the fair building. 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.
Notes Title from manuscript note on paper label below image.
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 -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Galleries (Display spaces) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Boats -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Models -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject Logan Square (Philadelphia, Pa.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects.
Genre Stereographs -- 1860-1870.
Albumen prints -- 1860-1870.
Printer Langenheim, William, 1807-1874, publisher.
Provenance: McAllister, John A. (John Allister), 1822-1896, collector.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| stereo - Watson - Fairs [5781.F.172a]
Accession number 5781.F.172a