SIDEWHEELER ADIRONDACK. Cdv 2 1/2" x 4". Broadside view of the steamship Adirondack. This ca. 1865 image was taken app. 10years prior to the vessel being removed from service in 1875 of the  Champlain Transportation Company. Manuscript notation on back " Near Whitehall Landing, Lake Champlain. LaBarre Whitehall NY photographer's stamp on back. A few dings on mount, exhibits some soiling, overall VG. Scarce view. ( Tr.701); $275.

1869 MISS. RIVER STEAMBOAT BILL OF LADING. 1869 Illustrated Bill of Lading, with nice depiction of a Miss. River Steamboat,  out of the Port of Evansville. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2. VG condition,(Tr.767);$36.

MISSISSIPPI RIVERBOAT INTERIOR. Stereo view, 3 1/2" x 7" orange mount, "Cabins of Mississippi Steamers." imprinted on bottom of mount. Photographed by W.H. Illingworth, published by Burritt & Pease. Light soiling on mount, o/w F cond. (Tr.708); $85.

1832 OHIO AND ERIE CANAL RECEIPTS. Lot of two, 3 1/4" x 5 1/4" voucher  of Engineer Price of completed work for section 103; and 2 7/8" x 6 1/4" check from th Western Reserve Bank for contract work on the canal. Both pieces exhibit light wear, overall VG. (Tr.769); $125.  
 In 1825 ground was broken on the canal, sections opening as work was completes,  and in 1832 the entire canal system was completed, connecting the Ohio River at Portsmouth and Lake Erie at Cleveland, Ohio.  The canal carried freight traffic from 1827 to 1861, and then freight traffic rapidly diminished due to the construction of railroads. From 1862 to 1913, the canal served as a water source to industries and towns. In 1913 the canal was abandoned after much of it was destroyed by a flood.

STEAMER ISLAND HOME. Boudoir photograph, 5 1/4" x 8 1/2". Broadside view of the Steamer Island Home. Baldwin Cookidge, photographer, Boston, Mass paste on label on verso.  Some minor dampstaining along the mount edges, o/w Fine condition. (Tr.705);$165.
In 1855 the Nantucket and Cape Cod Steamboat Company purchased the steamer Island Home. From stem to stern she measured 184 feet and weighed 536 tons. For 41 years the Island Home ferried passengers, goods and mail between Nantucket and Cape Cod. She sank off Rhode Island in 1902 after 6 years as a work barge

1851 TINTED LITHO SHEET MUSIC - STEAMSHIP. 10" x 12 3/4" 1851 5pp. complete. "Atlantic's Return Schottisch, Dedicated to Capt. James West". Hand colored stone lithograph of the U.S. steamship. Has some foxing, more noticeable on the margins, spine shows irregular binding edge (from bound volume), o/w a nice, graphically appealing cover and music. (Tr.765); $125. 

1854. THE KEDGE-ANCHOR; OR SAILORS' ASSISTANT. William Brady, Sailing Master, U.S.N. 8vo (9 ½” x 6”). 1854, Seventh edition. Original dark/blackbrown cloth with gilt lettering and design of an anchor in gilt on spine. Seventy engravings. Wear to extremities (bump corners, wear to heel and crown of spine); internally has some foxing and dampstaing to rt side of back pages.  Reference book “appertaining to the Practical Evolutions of Modern Seamanship, Rigging, Knotting, Blocks, …” Sabin 7316, Albion pg. 72. (Tr.770); $225.

ERIE CANAL. 6 3/4" x 8", 1858 part imprinted Bill of Lading, on board Canal Boat to be delivered at Palmyra NY. Blue paper, light toning at fold line, o/w F cond. (Tr. 755). $55. 

1878 THE YACHTER' S MARCH. 14"x11" 1878, 5pp complete. Handsome full page illustrated cover. Split spine, some light edge wear and chipping, overall Vg-F. (Tr772); $50.