Large Format Photograph Of The Steamboat Santiago Built In South St Louis For The Rio Grande

$775 · Offered by James Arsenault & Company

Probably on the Rio Grande in Texas, likely between Point Isabel and Brazos Santiago, or possibly on the Mississippi in the vicinity of St. Louis, ca. 1881 . Albumen print, 8.625” x 12.5” on larger mount, 13.875” x 17.5”. Manuscript caption in ink on mount below image. CONDITION: Good, moderately foxed, 1.25” repaired tear at upper-right corner, .5” repaired closed tear to right edge, rich tonality; mount good, slightly rippled at top, .5” dent at lower

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