Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Main saloon of a steamboat

Description
Creator
Illingworth, W. H. (William H.), 1842-1893, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Stereographs
Description
A stereoview of the main saloon of a steamboat photographed by William H. Illingworth. He was active in the Minnesota area and left photographs of both Great Lakes vessels and Mississippi river steamboats. This could have been from either
Notes
The Minneapolis Photo Collection of the Minneapolic Public Library features over one hundred William H. Illingworth photographs but not this one.
Inscriptions
"Stereographs of Minnesota and the Great Northwest" "Photographed and Published by Illingworth & McLeish, St. Paul"
Reverse: "Merrill's Collection of Minnesota Views, Embracing the Largest Assortment in the West, over 1000 views, consisting in part of St. Paul and its Surroundings, St. Anthony and Minneapolis and all about the Falls, Minnehaha -- Foliage and Ice, St. Croix and its Dell, Lake Minnetonka, Lake Como, White Bear Lake, Fort Snelling, Mississippi River and Towns, Willow River, Minnestoa River and Towns, Vermillion Falls, Castle Rock. The Trade Supplied, only by D. D. Merrill, Randall & Co., 166 Third Street, St. Paul, to whom all orders should be addressed. Each view is Numbered in the Picture. Head Quarters for Tourists, Pleasure Seekers, and all in want of Books, Guildes, Reading matter of Every Kind, Chromos, Photographs, Stereoscopes, Travelling Bags, Lunch Baskets, Paper and Envelopes, School Books, Notions, Toys and Fancy Goods of every description. D. D. Merrill, Randall & Co.
Publisher
Illingworth & McMcLeish
Place of Publication
St. Paul, MN
Date of Original
c 1874
Dimensions
Width: 17.6 cm
Height: 8.5 cm
Subject(s)
Bars
Cabins
Chairs
Draperies
Gaslight fixtures
Steamboats
Tables
Local identifier
71
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Duluth
    Minnesota, United States
    Latitude: 46.78327 Longitude: -92.10658
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
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Main saloon of a steamboat


A stereoview of the main saloon of a steamboat photographed by William H. Illingworth. He was active in the Minnesota area and left photographs of both Great Lakes vessels and Mississippi river steamboats. This could have been from either