Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Steamer Grecian

Description
Creator
Henderson, Henry, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Types
Photographs
Cartes de visite
Description
Black and white carte de visite of the Canadian Navigation Company steamboat, Grecian. Some members of the crew pose on her port promenade deck. Off her bow lies a brig and between them in the distance appear to be the twin smokestacks of another steamboat. In the distance to the right is Fort Henry.
Notes
Grecian went into service in 1864 and was wrecked in 1869.
Inscriptions
Henderson
Photographer
Kingston
Handwritten: Steamer "Grecian"
Date of Original
c1864-69
Dimensions
Width: 10 cm
Height: 6.4 cm
Subject(s)
Grecian (Steamboat)
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Kingston
    Ontario, Canada
    Latitude: 44.2298215018101 Longitude: -76.4782334179687
Creative Commons licence
Attribution only [more details]
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
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Steamer Grecian


Black and white carte de visite of the Canadian Navigation Company steamboat, Grecian. Some members of the crew pose on her port promenade deck. Off her bow lies a brig and between them in the distance appear to be the twin smokestacks of another steamboat. In the distance to the right is Fort Henry.