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Title: Midnight race on the Mississippi
Creator: Kelly, Thos., active 1867-1868, printer
Kelly, Thos., active 1867-1868, publisher
Contributor: Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued: 1872
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Contributing Institution: Huntington Library
Collection: Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information: For information on use of Digital Library materials, please see Library Rights and Permissions: https://www.huntington.org/library-rights-permissions
Description: Image of two steamboats, the Danna (possibly a misspelling of "Diana") and the Fulton racing along the Mississippi River; spectators can be seen standing along a small dock at left near a stand of trees.
Date supplied by cataloger based on printer history; Thomas Kelly is listed in New York City directories at 17 Barclay St. from 1872-1883. "Publ. & Print by Th. Kelly, 17 Barclay St. N.Y."--text, bottom margin.
Type: image
Extent: 1 lithograph : hand colored ; overall 24.77 x 34.93 cm (9 3/4 x 13 3/4 in.)
Identifier: priJLC_MAR_001397
434258
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/2066
Language: English
Subject: Mississippi River--Pictorial works
Steamboats--Pictorial works
Lithographs--Color--1850-1875. (gmgpc)
Source: Jay T. Last Collection
Maritime
Large Size
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
Relation: priJLC_MAR_001421

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