[The Steamship Forest City]
Photograph
[The Steamship Forest City]
1850-1860
Daguerreotype
Image: 3 1/2 × 4 3/4 in. (8.9 × 12.1 cm) (1/2 plate)
Case: 4 3/4 × 6 × 1 1/8 in. (12.1 × 15.2 × 2.9 cm)
Purchase
1969.0200.0015
Inscriptions Embossed on brass mat, TRC: PORTLAND, ME
Embossed on brass mat, BRC: S.L. CARLETON
Entry 552 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Fine half-plate daguerreotype of steamer “Forest City”, very early steam boat which ran between Portland, Maine and Boston, Mass, carrying passengers. Probably taken from painting. Close-up of boat, waves, & sky. Flags fore and off all in colors. Very nice. Rare. Daguer. taken by S.L Carleton. Portland, Me. (15.00)
Embossed on brass mat, BRC: S.L. CARLETON
Entry 552 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Fine half-plate daguerreotype of steamer “Forest City”, very early steam boat which ran between Portland, Maine and Boston, Mass, carrying passengers. Probably taken from painting. Close-up of boat, waves, & sky. Flags fore and off all in colors. Very nice. Rare. Daguer. taken by S.L Carleton. Portland, Me. (15.00)
