Steamboat Sappho and US Ship Prairie

Prairie and Sappho

Prairie and Sappho

Name/Title

Steamboat Sappho and US Ship Prairie

Entry/Object ID

2004.021.092

Description

Identified as the steamboat ferry Sappho which carried passengers and goods between the Custom House Dock and Mt. Pleasant. The ship "Prairie" is in the background. Originally identified as US ship "Prairie" and steamboat "Sappho" about 1910.

Collection

Sams Photograph Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2004.021.

Source or Donor

Family of Franklin Frost Sams

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Sams, Franklin Frost

Date made

circa 1910

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Ships, Ferries, Steamboats

Search Terms

Marine scenes

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

117-3-S

Dimensions

Height

5 in

Width

7 in

Location

Location

Container

PhotoBox 2

Shelf

AV Materials

Room

Margaretta P. Childs Archives

Building

Missroon House

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

Missroon/Archives/Photo Collection Shelves

Category

Permanent

Copyright

Copyright Details

Public domain.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Other ID# is that given by Mrs. Levkoff, as well as some of the scene identifications of some of the photos. Other photo identification was provided by a member of the Sams family at some unknown time. See Accession Record for more details.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 21, 2006

Updated By

sferguson@historiccharleston.org

Update Date

June 23, 2023