Wreck of the Riverboat Scioto
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1888
label: Associated Date
content: July 4, 1888
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Cabinet card print of a photograph of a damaged riverboat in dry dock. The photograph shows the ship's bow and front of the two-story cabin, with a gaping hole of broken and missing boards on the port side. A single bearded man is standing on deck. The word Scioto has been written on the side edge of the gunwale during the process of printing the photograph. Maker's mark stamped on back of mount reads "Brown's 1222 Market Street / Wheeling, W. Va.". The Scioto collided with the John Lomas on the Ohio River near East Liverpool, Ohio on July 4, 1888 while filled with hundreds of holiday excursionists. The ship sank and fifty-seven people died in what was called the worst tragedy to ever occur on the upper Ohio. Later, the Scioto was raised and repaired and continued in service under the name Regular until 1885 when she was scrapped.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: West Virginia, Wheeling
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Ohio, East Liverpool
topic: label: Subject
content: River scenes & river life
label: Subject
content: Ships
label: Subject
content: Shipwrecks
label: Subject
content: Disasters
label: Subject
content: Maritime
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.3048.0213
label: nonaccession number
content: 1986.3048
label: catalog number
content: 1986.3048.0213
objectType: label: Object Name
content: cabinet print, photograph
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/4 in x 6 1/2 in; 10.795 cm x 16.51 cm