View depicting a congested scene of several closely docked sloops and shipping boats., Yellow mount with rounded corners., Title printed on mount., Gift of Saul Koltnow., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
ca. 1880
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unid. - non-Philadelphia - New York [P.9022.22]
Scene showing a steamship, named New Orleans, pulled up to a wooden dock covered with barrels and sacks. African American men carry sacks up gangplanks to the ship. In the foreground, an African American man lies on his stomach across a pile of sacks. Several men stand near him., Title from item., Date inferred from content and photographic medium., View is numbered 188 in a series., Purchase 1998., Description revised 2022., Access points revised 2022., Digitization funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[ca. 1920]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department stereo - unidentified - work [P.9600.14]
