View showing laborers working on a wooden pier jutting into the East River in New York City. Also shows a horse-drawn cart on the pier and piles of lumber visible next to the pier in the right foreground. Also shows the cityscape on the opposite bank of the river in the background., Title supplied by cataloger, but derived from manuscript note on verso: Pier 20 E.R., White mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow.
Date
[ca. 1866]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Transportation [P.9022.41]
View of a large ship docked at Pier 20 on the East River in New York City. Broadsides advertising "London," "Liverpool," and "New World," are posted all over the pier. Another sign reads, "First packet for London & Liverpool. For passage apply...South St." Men sit and stand near the ship and a horse is tethered to a pillar on the pier., Title supplied by cataloger, but derived from manuscript note on mount and verso: Pier 20 E.R. ship Yorktown., Creme mount with square corners., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Gift of Mr. Saul Koltnow.
Date
[ca. 1865]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - Transportation [P.9022.40]
