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Title
Large boat, the "St. Helena", on the Napa River, ca. 1900
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of large boat, the "St. Helena", on the Napa River, ca. 1900. In the foreground at left, a cluster of branches and vegetation can be seen. In the background, the Napa River is visible extending from left to right. At center, a large boat can be seen. The boat consists of three levels with several windows lining the sides. Three masts can be seen on the ship near a central smokestack. To the far left, two small lifeboats can be seen near the top deck. An additional lifeboat can be seen in the water with two people. Additional people can be seen on the bottom deck of the ship. Further in the background at right, a small wooden building can be seen on a pier above the water.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m7640
USC-0-1-1-7769 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-42333
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m7640
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-42333.jpg
Subject
Napa County--Napa Valley and Saint Helena
Rivers
Boats and boating
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
Napa
St. Helena
USA
Source
42333 [Accession number]
CHS-42333 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m15009

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