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The S.S. Christopher Columbus was a whaleback excursion liner designed by Alexander McDougall and built in 1892-1893 in Superior, Wisconsin by American Steel Barge Company for service to ferry passengers to and from the World's Columbian Exposition, and later placed in general and excursion service to various ports around the Great Lakes.

  • This image is of her while sailing. The red stack but white deck suggests the image was taken while owned by the Goodrich Transportation Company, and used in general excursion service, before 1909 when she got yellow decking.
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Original published before 1923. Found at eBay listing of postcard seller debwarr. listing page. image page (these are likely to be transient). See also the image of the back: Image:Christopher_Columbus_whaleback_tintedPostcard_ebay_back.jpg which gives publisher info.

Uploaded 19 October 2007 by Lar
Author E. C. Krepp Co. Publishers, Milwaukee, WI.
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(Reusing this file)		 PD Old, see below, this was published before 1923 (based on postmark information asserted by original source)


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