Fontayne & Porter
1850
Photograph of Cincinnati, Ohio waterfront
[Cincinnati Panorama]

Photograph, card stock
14 × 17 1/4 in. (35.56 × 43.82 cm)
 
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
Object number: 2003.2004.2, Record ID: npm_2003.2004.2
 
This is a photograph of the Cincinnati, Ohio waterfront with steamboats Car of Commerce, the Embassy and Genl. Worth in the forefront. The Embassy ran the Pittsburgh to St. Louis mail. The Car of Commerce was 294-ton boat built in 1848.
 
LL/131170