Maritime History of the Great Lakes

Loading the Great Whaleback Ship at the Famous Grain Elevators, Chicago

Description
Creator
Barker, George, Photographer
Media Type
Image
Item Type
Stereographs
Description
Stereoview of the whaleback steamer
Notes
An earlier version of this view exists that co-incides with the Columbian Exposition at Chicago and is copyright 1893. A later version of this view was published by Underwood and Underwood.
Inscriptions
"Loading the Great Whaleback Ship at the Famous Grain Elevators, Chicago, U.S.A. copyright, 1895 by Geo. Barker; Geo. Barker, Photographer, Strohmeyer & Wyman Publishers; Grand Diamond Badge Prize; Eleven First Prize Medals; Sold by Underwood & Underwood, New York, Liverpool, Toronto Canada, Ottawa Kansas"
Reverse: "Loading the Great Whaleback Ship at the Famous Grain Elevators, Chicago, U. S. A." [repeated in French, German, Italian, and Russian]
Publisher
Strohmeyer & Wyman
Place of Publication
New York
Date of Original
1895
Dimensions
Width: 17.8 cm
Height: 8.8 cm
Subject(s)
Local identifier
69
Language of Item
English
Geographic Coverage
  • Illinois, United States
    Latitude: 41.85003 Longitude: -87.65005
Copyright Statement
Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
Contact
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Email:walter@maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca
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Loading the Great Whaleback Ship at the Famous Grain Elevators, Chicago


Stereoview of the whaleback steamer