Steamers at Alexandria Bay, New York on the St. Lawrence River, steroscopic photograph, after 1847
steroscopic photograph
PHOTOGRAPHSA.C. McIntyre & Company
USA, NY, Alexandria Bay
after 1847
overall: 4 x 6 15/16 in.
4 x 6 15/16 in. stereograph photograph mounted on white card originally photographed by A.C. McIntyre & Company after 1847. Imageis a view of steamers at Alexandria Bay, New York on the St. Lawrence River. Steamer MAGNET on the right. MAGNET, later renamed HAMILTON, was built in 1847 in Niagra, Ontario, by James Currie. She was rebuilt several times and became a barge in 1909 (ref: Heyl, "Early American Steamers"; Vol. 3). Handwritten on the mount: "Alexandria Bay and 1000 Island Park / McIntyre's Views of the 1000 Islands". On the reverse: "A. C. McIntyre, / Alexandria Bay, River St. Lawrence / . . ." Object from the ex-collection of W.C. Darrah. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, General Collection.
1979.108.46
Mystic Seaport, General Collection