New Albany Notecard
| Description: |
Note card. New Albany, Indiana, pictured in the background of this 1874 print, was described at that time as being ;an important and handsomely-situated town.; In the foreground is a flat or ark. These arks, propelled with grand sweeps instead of poles, kept out of the steamboat channel, and traded at settlements where steamers did not stop. |
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| Source: |
http://nafclibrary.pastperfectonline.com/photo/F2341963-7160-4FF8-82F2-378192979290 |
| Collection: |
New Albany Historic Photograph Archive |
| Subjects: |
New Albany (Ind.) Steamboats Churches Smokestacks Flatboats |
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