Newspaper illustration of the Great Eastern ship entering New York Harbor, June 20, 1860

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Photograph of a newspaper illustration of the Great Eastern, for many years the largest ship afloat, entering New York harbor on June 20, 1860. Also included is a cross-section diagram of the ship along the keel. The ship was outfitted with huge steam-driven paddle wheels as well as a full complement of sails. The ship is surrounded by dozens of small row boats, sail boats, and steam boats. Reads, "The Great Eastern now in the Harbor of New York".; Visible portion of the newspaper clipping reads: "'Great Eastern' Steamship' It was in the year 1854 that Mr. Isambard K. Brunel communicated to Mr. J. Scott Russell his plan for the construction of a monster ship for the Indian trade. The naval scheme met his approval. He thought well of it, and declared that he was ready to second the views of the eminent engineer in whose brain the scheme had been matured. Nor was his confidence misplaced. Of all living British engineers, Isambard Kingdom Brunel had the best claim to respect. He was the son of a French engineer, who, having left his country... ...illness prevented his accompanying the great ship down the Thames, he was duly made aware of her success; whether he ever heard of the explosion, and, if yes, whether he was properly acquainted with the evidence it supplied of the real strength of the ship we know not. On 16th September, at his residence, his overwrought brain avenged itself upon his body, and he died of paralysis. Only a year or two since he escaped a singular and inglorious death. He was playing with the child of a friend, and to amuse it was throwing sovereigns into his mouth, and pretending to make them disappear with the conjuror's cry of Presto. He threw one sovereign into his mouth with such force that it entered the gullet, and stuck there, edgewise, wholly closing the passage. Friends who were called were unable to remove it; and had the doctor, who was sent for, been delayed a few minutes later, the great engineer would have been a corpse when he arrived."

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Title Newspaper illustration of the Great Eastern ship entering New York Harbor, June 20, 1860

Subject General Subjects -- Transportation -- Water (subject), Sailing ships (lcsh), ships (lcsh), Transportation -- Water -- Sail (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place New York (city or populated place), New York (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1860-06-20

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 20 x 25 cm. (aacr2), drawings (aat), glass plate negatives (format), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1860-06-20

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m12697

Identifier 2483 (accession number), CHS-2483 (call number), CHS-2483 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-12130 (legacy record id), chs-m12697 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-12850 (legacy record id), 1-121-14 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 12130

Unique identifier UC131324

Legacy Identifier CHS-2483.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.6 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
42.3 cm × 34.9 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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