The steamboat Columbia overshadows several small rowboats on the Delaware River. Men sit on the bank of the river watching the steamboat pass by., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.131]
Depicts the crowded Willie K. Ridgway steamboat prior to docking near Beverly, N.J. on the Delaware River., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.134]
Depicts an unidentified steamboat on the Delaware River near Beverly N.J. In the foreground three women stand with their backs to the camera, looking toward the boat on the river. A small rowboat floats near the bank of the river., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.132]
Depicts the torpedo boat on the Delaware River on Naval Day, one of many ships in the naval parade that opened the Peace Jubilee celebration of the end of the Spanish American War of 1898. The U.S.S. Winslow was built in Baltimore, commissioned in December of 1897 and damaged in Cardenas on May 11, 1898. A steamboat closely follows the torpedo boat., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
October 1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.270]
Depicts a large group of people sitting on an Ericsson steamboat from Philadelphia, en route to Betterton, Md., a popular summer resort town made accessible to visitors via the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Sitters include William H. Doering, Catharine Rupp Doering, and their children Albert and Karl., Title supplied by cataloguer., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
ca. 1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.126-128]
Photograph showing the Japanese cruiser Kasagi in the Naval Parade on the Delaware River during the Peace Jubilee on October 25, 1898. The cruiser has two engine stacks and a Japanese flag flies on a pole at the rear. Two row boats filled with men float close to the cruiser, and a steamship travels in the left. Philadelphia honored the end of the Spanish-American War with the Peace Jubilee celebration from October 25-28, 1898. In addition to war ships, the naval procession included yachts, steamers, tugs, barges, and rowboats. The last warship in the line was the Kasagi, recently built at William Cramp & Sons’ shipyard in Philadelphia. Captain Kashiwabara, with the Japanese officers and crew, lined the deck in full dress., Title supplied by cataloger., Date inferred from date of event., Gift of Albert L. Doering.
Creator
Doering, William Harvey, 1858-1924, photographer
Date
October 1898
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department lantern slides - Doering [P.9453.278]
