Castner Scrapbook v.19, Disasters, Criminal Prisons 1, page 33

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Castner Scrapbook v.19, Disasters, Criminal Prisons 1, page 33

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Item No: pdcc03188
Title: Castner Scrapbook v.19, Disasters, Criminal Prisons 1, page 33
Media Type: Scrapbooks
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

Item 1, entire page:   Commemorative poster depicting the tragic fire on March 15, 1856, aboard the Steamboat New Jersey, on the Delaware River, between Philadelphia and Camden, NJ.  The caption reads:  "Terrible Conflagration and Destruction of the Steamboat 'New Jersey,' on the Delaware River, above Smith's Island, on the Night of March 15th, between 8 and 9 o'clock, in which dreadful calamity over 50 Lives are supposed to have been lost."  Defective boilers and a fireplace were blamed for the fire, which destroyed the boat and killed 62 people.  The scene is rendered in graphic detail by artist and lithographer John L. Magee and hand-colored by Alfred Pharazyn.  Hand-colored lithograph poster, "published and for sale by J. L. Magee...and A. Pharazyn", 34.5 x 25.5 cm, 1856.


Creation Year: 1845
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.133687
Geocode Latitude:39.925812

Call Number: A917.481 P536 v.19
Creator Name: Castner, Samuel, Jr., 1843-1929 - Compiler
John L. Magee - Artist

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