RARE! CIVIL WAR UNION - MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT " LADY GAY " PHOTO 1865

Description: ORIGINAL! VERY RARE ! CIVIL WAR UNION - MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT " LADY GAY " PHOTO 1865 VERY RARE! CIVIL WAR UNION - MISSISSIPPI RIVER STEAMBOAT " LADY GAY ". PHOTO 1865. RARE ! CIVIL WAR UNION SIDE-WHEELER STEAMBOAT " LADY GAY " SITS AT DOCK IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WITH NO LESS THAN 3 STARS AND STRIPES FLAGS FLYING AT HER BOW. HER NAME BOLDLY PAINTED ON HER SIDES ACROSS HER WHEELHOUSES ALONG WITH A LARGE ILLUSTRATION OF "LADY GAY" HERSELF. A LARGE WOODEN RIVER BARGE LOADED WITH TIMBER SITS IN THE FOREGROUND OF THE RIVER BEING UNLOADED INTO HORSE AND OXEN CARRIAGES BY LONGSHOREMAN, AS FISHERMAN AND PASSENGERS OF THE "LADY GAY" LOOK ON. The Lady Gay was a steamboat that transported Union troops and supplies on the Mississippi River during the Civil War. She was built in Cincinnati, Ohio very early in 1865 for the Atlantic & Mississippi Steamship Company; she was 286.4 feet long, 43.2 feet wide, and weighed 1,406 tons. She was the second largest in terms of tonnage on the Mississippi River system. The ship is mentioned in official records as carrying a dispatch for the U.S. Navy in May 1865. There were various stories about who “Lady Gay” actually was; one version stated she was a Kentuckian, the wife of a U. S. Army lieutenant. A portrait of the lady was painted on the wheelhouses. APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS: 6 1/2" x 8 1/4" SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY FINE CONTRAST. CONDITION IS VERY FINE AND NEVER UNMOUNTED WITH A PERIOD IRREGULAR EDGE TRIM (TO TRY TO PROACTIVELY STOP ANY FURTHER EDGE CRACKING), FOLD LINES, A FEW SMALL 1-2" PARTIAL EDGE CRACKS (NONE AFFECTING THE SUBJECT OTHER THAN THE AFT FLAG POLE) AND SOME MODERATE HANDLING FROM ITS 159+ YEARS. (please see pictures) THIS IS NOT A REPRODUCTION OR A COPY. PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE.

Price: 1525 USD

Location: New York, New York

End Time: 2024-12-16T19:42:28.000Z

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