Showing posts with label steamship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label steamship. Show all posts

Friday, July 10, 2015

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Time-Lapse Daguerreotype Views of a Steamer Named Sagamore Docked on the San Joaquin River in Stockton, California (1850)


Time-lapse daguerreotype views of the steamer Sagamore docked on the San Joaquin River in Stockton, California, c. 1850. By William Herman Rulofson. At least two dozen people died on the Sagamore after its boilers exploded and it sank in San Francisco on November 21, 1850.

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Tuesday, December 9, 2014

United States Navy Officers Posing on the Deck of the Union Gunboat USS Agawam While Serving on the James River in Virginia (1864)


United States Navy officers posing on the deck of the USS Agawam, a steam-powered side-wheel Union gunboat, while serving on the James River in Virginia, 1864. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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Sunday, September 28, 2014

View of the USS Pensacola in Alexandria, Virginia (1861)


View of the Union Navy screw steamer USS Pensacola in the background and a number of civilians posing in and around smaller vessels in the foreground in Alexandria, Virginia, 1861. By James F. Gibson. Animated stereoscopic photographs.

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