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Unidentified photographer
Fire on the Mississippi River
n.d.
Ambrotype, 1/6 plate, painted
Cowan's Auctions, Inc
3/17/2014 - Kenneth Erwin Estate, incl. early Photography, Lot: 113
LL/53566
A ferry emblazoned "Rock Island" is docked on the near shore. According to Way's Packet Directory, the only Rock Island in operation during the ambrotype era was a side-wheel ferry built at New Albany, Indiana, and operating between Rock Island, Illinois, and Davenport, Iowa.
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