Advertisement showing the floating dry dock near the Delaware riverfront in South Philadelphia surrounded by marine traffic. The floating dock supports a three-masted square rigged ship under which laborers work on its base. Behind the floating dock, the frame of a ship is under construction near a large vessel at dry dock. In the foreground, a fishing boat being rowed by a four-man crew and carrying a bundled fishing net sails near two other row boats, one adorned with an American flag. Also shows a tug boat and ferry boat sailing on opposite sides of the floating dock. Masts of docked vessels, dock houses, wharves, and buildings, line the riverfront in the background. Also shows Sparks shot tower (Carpenter Street near Second Street)., Inscribed on image: Messenger., Philadelphia on Stone, Atwater Kent Museum: 52.1.1/2, In manuscript over ship: Messenger
Creator
Rease & Schell, artist
Date
[ca. 1860]
Location
Atwater Kent Museum | Print Department AKM AKM 52.1.1/2
