Detail of a drawing by Lieutenant J.C. Ives, depicting a steamboat on the Colorado River by which he reached the mouth of Black Canyon, 1858

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Title	Detail of a drawing by Lieutenant J.C. Ives, depicting a steamboat on the Colorado River by which he reached the mouth of Black Canyon, 1858
Description	Photograph of a detail of a drawing by Lieutenant J.C. Ives, a federal engineer who would later defect to the Confederacy, depicting a steamboat on the Colorado River by which he reached the mouth of Black Canyon, 1858. The steamboat has approximately 21 men aboard, and is spewing smoke from the two thin, tall, smokestacks near the bow. The paddle wheel at the stern reads " EXPLORER US" and there is an American flag flying over it. There are two people watching the boat from the near bank, and on the far bank, there are several mountains.
Subject	Ives, J. C., Lieutenant
Subject (adlf)	rivers
Subject (file heading)	Transportation -- Water -- Paddle wheel; Natural features -- Rivers -- Colorado River
Subject (lcsh)	Boats and boating Steamboats Paddle steamers Rivers
Geographic subject	rivers: Colorado River
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	1858
Artist	Ives, Lt. J.C.
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	1858
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs art
Accession number	9679
Call number	CHS-9679
Microfiche number	1-121-34
Legacy record ID	chs-m12719; USC-1-1-1-12872; USC-1-1-1-14306
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-9679
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Archival file	chs_Volume79/CHS-9679.tiff

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