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Negative, Glass-plate
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2011.040.208

Negative, Glass-plate

Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the starboard side of the freighter JOHN W. GATES, under steam. A crew members is at the bow. In the foreground, two people row past in a boat. A church on a tree-lined shoreline is in the background. "Early" typewritten on the non-archival envelope which previously held the plate.

Date
c. 1910
Collection
Print Size
7" x 5"
Search Terms
Freighters, Boats, JOHN W. GATES, American Steamship Company, Pittsburgh Steamship Company, U.S. Steel Corporation
Studio
Louis James Pesha
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