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Ca. 1910 Pleasure Guide To Paris ~ Paris by Night, Paris by Day
This post is going to be a work in progress as I will be scanning some 40-50 pages (very carefully) from this fascinating early book on Paris.
For Poster collectors, Art collectors etc. to view photographs and read from the actual era of the clubs, cabarets etc. where some of the worlds greatest artists visited, often on a daily basis, this book is a visual and enjoyable step back into history.
Judging by the few photographs of automobiles inside and on the cover, this undated softcover booklet appears to be from around 1910 or so. Most of the transportation photographs inside show a horse carriage so it is probably a safe guess that many of the photographs used in the book were taken much earlier and had been used in older versions of the book. Some photos probably date from Pre-1900.
Cover Artist: L. Vallet.
Size: 4-1/2"w X 7-1/8"h ~ Soft Cover
Additional scans will be added in the near future.
Whaleback Steamships, SS Christopher Columbus
The S.S Christopher Columbus, the only Whaleback Passenger Steamer ever built!
Below is a very early ca. 1892-93 advertising card on heavy paper board, describing the S.S Christopher Columbus Whaleback with an inset photograph of Capt. Alexander McDougall (1845-1924). The artist drawn S.S Christopher Columbus image is pasted onto the heavy paper board and has a description on the backside.
This card is a very early & relatively rare advertising item on the S. S Christopher Columbus, I have never seen another in 40 years of collecting. The Christopher Columbus was built specifically to carry passengers to and from the 1892 Worlds Fair (Columbian Exposition) held in Chicago.
During the Fair years, the Christopher Columbus carried nearly two million passengers on the six-mile run between Randolph Street in downtown Chicago and the exposition grounds at Jackson Park. The name "Whaleback" was not an official name, it was used because of the ships design and appearance.
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Size: 4" x 8-1/8"
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Above left: A RPPC of the Christoper Columbus several years after the Fair ended.
Above right: A "Hold to Light" postcard of the Christopher Columbus during the Worlds Fair.
The Christopher Columbus was one of the most elegantly decorated ships afloat in that era. Whether it was an ocean going liner or a great lakes liner, the Chistopher Columbus was designed to provide Fair passengers with comfort and elegance.
The photo to the left shows the Columbus pulling into the dock to unload passengers for the Worlds Fair.
As seen above in the 1892 advertising piece an additional deck was added (see RPPC above left) after the worlds Fair ended and the Columbus was put into service as a Great lakes Passenger Steamer and ultimately had a 44 year career, ending up in a scrap pile in 1936. What a shame this ship was not preserved.
McDougall came up with a partially submerged ship design, very much like a submarine except the wheelhouse was above the water. The cargo holds were below the surface. There is one remaining Whaleback in existence in Superior, Wisconsin, the S.S Meteor which became a Museum in 1973.
My wife and I toured that ship about 20 years ago and I would have hated to have been below during a storm on the Lakes! Whalebacks were hard working ships and comfort below deck obviously was not a priority.
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Click on all thumbnails for enlargements ~
Below is a very early ca. 1892-93 advertising card on heavy paper board, describing the S.S Christopher Columbus Whaleback with an inset photograph of Capt. Alexander McDougall (1845-1924). The artist drawn S.S Christopher Columbus image is pasted onto the heavy paper board and has a description on the backside.
This card is a very early & relatively rare advertising item on the S. S Christopher Columbus, I have never seen another in 40 years of collecting. The Christopher Columbus was built specifically to carry passengers to and from the 1892 Worlds Fair (Columbian Exposition) held in Chicago.
During the Fair years, the Christopher Columbus carried nearly two million passengers on the six-mile run between Randolph Street in downtown Chicago and the exposition grounds at Jackson Park. The name "Whaleback" was not an official name, it was used because of the ships design and appearance.
Click on all thumbnails for enlargements ~
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Size: 4" x 8-1/8"
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Above left: A RPPC of the Christoper Columbus several years after the Fair ended.
Above right: A "Hold to Light" postcard of the Christopher Columbus during the Worlds Fair.
The Christopher Columbus was one of the most elegantly decorated ships afloat in that era. Whether it was an ocean going liner or a great lakes liner, the Chistopher Columbus was designed to provide Fair passengers with comfort and elegance.The photo to the left shows the Columbus pulling into the dock to unload passengers for the Worlds Fair.
As seen above in the 1892 advertising piece an additional deck was added (see RPPC above left) after the worlds Fair ended and the Columbus was put into service as a Great lakes Passenger Steamer and ultimately had a 44 year career, ending up in a scrap pile in 1936. What a shame this ship was not preserved.
Cargo Carrying Whalebacks
Capt. Alexander McDougall, inventor of the "Whaleback" ship design wanted a ship that would be more stable on the extremely dangerous Great Lakes and yet hold significant amounts of cargo.McDougall came up with a partially submerged ship design, very much like a submarine except the wheelhouse was above the water. The cargo holds were below the surface. There is one remaining Whaleback in existence in Superior, Wisconsin, the S.S Meteor which became a Museum in 1973.
My wife and I toured that ship about 20 years ago and I would have hated to have been below during a storm on the Lakes! Whalebacks were hard working ships and comfort below deck obviously was not a priority.
Original unused Cigar Box label
Below is a 1895 stereographic photo of a cargo Whaleback being loaded with grain in Chicago, Ill. The Photo on the right has been enlarged.
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Visually Watermark Digital Photographs
This is a blog for collectors of all kinds but all collectors that have a blog or a website should realize that there are other types of collectors hunting the internet and that's the Online Photograph/Image hunters.
There are individuals that scour the internet for unprotected, historic or interesting photographs and they simply copy the image, enhance it on sophisticated software and then print it and sell the image on the internet.
Many of these individuals are honest and do own the image they are selling or are using an "out of copyright image" (In Public Domain) which is perfectly legal. Others just hunt to find photographs we collectors have found and paid money for, to copy & enhance and re-sell for their own profit. This is what I take issue with.
I have paid for virtually every old photograph I have on my blog except for a couple of family photographs & I do not want photograph scavengers to profit from my own efforts & expense. I have the same explanation at the top of this blog, but many visitors miss viewing the page, thus this post!
That's why I began using photograph watermarking, simply to protect my images from being copied and sold. I started out adding text to my photos using "MS Picture It" but I have to tell you, that is a slow, tedious method when you have a lot of photos.
I started looking on the internet, downloading numerous programs, some which were very expensive and then I found "Visual Watermark". A very simple, powerful and cheap watermarking program that protects digital photographs with an unremoveable watermark.
I downloaded their trial version, loved it and bought it! If you have a blog or website with photographs that should be protected, you might want to give this program a try. Here is their website for both a free trial download and to purchase either their personal or business edition. I purchased the personal. Click here ~ Picture Watermark Personal.
There are individuals that scour the internet for unprotected, historic or interesting photographs and they simply copy the image, enhance it on sophisticated software and then print it and sell the image on the internet.
Many of these individuals are honest and do own the image they are selling or are using an "out of copyright image" (In Public Domain) which is perfectly legal. Others just hunt to find photographs we collectors have found and paid money for, to copy & enhance and re-sell for their own profit. This is what I take issue with.
I have paid for virtually every old photograph I have on my blog except for a couple of family photographs & I do not want photograph scavengers to profit from my own efforts & expense. I have the same explanation at the top of this blog, but many visitors miss viewing the page, thus this post!
That's why I began using photograph watermarking, simply to protect my images from being copied and sold. I started out adding text to my photos using "MS Picture It" but I have to tell you, that is a slow, tedious method when you have a lot of photos.
I started looking on the internet, downloading numerous programs, some which were very expensive and then I found "Visual Watermark". A very simple, powerful and cheap watermarking program that protects digital photographs with an unremoveable watermark.
I downloaded their trial version, loved it and bought it! If you have a blog or website with photographs that should be protected, you might want to give this program a try. Here is their website for both a free trial download and to purchase either their personal or business edition. I purchased the personal. Click here ~ Picture Watermark Personal.
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