Maid Of The Mist
Mariners' Museum, Uncurated Search Results
Type: Pungy
Year: 1870
Builder: Kirby & Lang
Location: St. Michaels
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| Fetch? | Row ID | Media | Date | Vessel | Place | Related Places | Inscription/Marks | Subject | Notes | Archive Number |
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| 1 |  | 1894 | Maid of the Mist No. 2 (Steamboat : 1892). | Maid of the Mist; Both vessels shown; Niagara Falls, NYork. | Vessel heading towards the dock. | MS0091/03.01-32#079 | ||||
| 2 |  | Before 1965 | Steamboats.; Ferries.; Rivers.; Bridges. | Broadside view of the Maid of the Mist under way. There is a city in the background. | MS0091/03.01-79#162 | |||||
| 3 |  | 7/1912 | Maid of the Mist No. 2 (Steamboat : 1892). | Maid of the Mist, Br, 1912; Niagara Falls; New York; July, 1912. | Overhead view. | MS0091/03.01-32#078 | ||||
| 4 |  | MAID OF THE MIST - NIAGARA FALLS.; STAMP: BECKEL BRO'S. | View of the "Maid of the Mist" at landing, Niagara Falls is not readily visible but possibly in far distance | MS0091/02.02-01#204 | ||||||
| 5 |  | USA; NEW YORK; NIAGARA FALLS | on recto: No.175. - Off To The Falls. - View Of The "Maid Of The Mist.", on verso: IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS SEEN THAT WONDERFUL LITTLE BOAT, :"MAID OF THE MIST" AT THE LANDING STAIRS, TWO MILES BELOW THE FALLS. THIS SMALLER STEAMER EMPLOYED AS A SPECIES OF FERRY-BOAT IN CARRYING VISITORS TO AND FROM THE FALLS, FORMS AMD INTERESTING SPECTACLE WHEN STEAMING ON THE BOSOM OF TROUBLE WATERS. LIKE A THING OF LIFE SHE GOES,GLIDING ABOUT ONE MOMENT UNDER THE BRINK OF THE MIGHTY TORRENTS ENVELOPED IN A CLOUD OF MISTS, AGAINST THE INFLUENCE OF WHICH PASSENGERS FIND IT NECESSARY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES BY SUBSTANTIAL WATERPROOF CLOTHING, AND NEXT DARTING AWAY AS IT SUDDENLY ALIVE TO THE DANGERS AROUND HER. A MIST SO WILD A SCENE THE FAIRY LIKE CRAFT FORMS A STRIKING FEATURE. SHE WAS BUILT EXPRESSLY FOR HER PRESENT WORK, IS OF 170 TONS BURTHEN AND PROPELLED BY AN ENGINE OF ABOVE 100 HORSEPOOWER. ON THIS MORNING HER PASSENGERS HAVE ASSEMBLED ON BOARD TO WITNESS THE DARING BLONDIN CROSS THE RIVER ON A TIGHTROPE. | steamship | View of "Maid Of The Mist" seen docked with passengers, appears hand-tinted, ropes visible above explained on verso as tight-ropes for Blondin to cross over | MS0091/02.02-03#564 | ||||
| 6 |  | USA; NEW YORK; NIAGARA FALLS | on recto: Geo. E. Curtis Photographer, Niagara Falls, New York, 262 "Maid of the Mist" in Whirlpool Rapids | View of the boat "Maid Of The Mist" fighting whirlpool rapids, train visible above, drawing or painting | MS0091/02.02-02#365 | |||||
| 7 |  | USA; NEW YORK; NIAGARA FALLS | CURATOR NOTES: MAID OF THE MIST seen docked in foreground with Niagara Falls in background. Passengers seen standing on dock and on promenade deck of MAID OF THE MIST. DENYS P. MYERS COLLECTION. | MS0308/-#068 | ||||||
| 8 |  | USA; NEW YORK; NIAGARA FALLS | in recto: Maid of the Mist in Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls | View of the boat MAID OF THE MIST fighting whirlpool rapids. Train crossing bridge above. Color, lithography. | MS0091/02.02-02#364 | |||||
| 9 |  | USA; NEW YORK; NIAGARA FALLS | In recto: American Falls and Maid Of The Mist, Niagara, Sold by Underwood & Wunderwood, Baltimore Md. Ottawa Kansas., in verso: inscription: 25 cents. | View of MAID OF THE MIST in front of American Falls at Niagara, New York. | MS0091/02.02-02#366 | |||||
| 10 |  | USA; NEW YORK; NIAGARA FALLS | in recto: General View from Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls, U.S.A., Copyright 1894 by Strohmeyer & Wyman, Underwood & Underwood Publishers, New York, London, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa Kansas, Works and Studios, Arlington N.J., Littleton N.H., Washington D.C., in verso: General View from Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls, U.S.A. | Aerial view from suspension bridge of Niagara Falls, dock, and two boats which are probably "Maid Of The Mist." | MS0091/02.02-02#361 | |||||
| 11 |  | USA; NEW YORK; NIAGARA FALLS | in recto: General View from Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls, U.S.A., Copyright 1894 by Strohmeyer & Wyman, Strohmeyer & Wyman Publishers, New York, N.Y., Sold only by Underwood & Underwood, New York, Liverpool, Toronto-Canada, Ottawa Kansas | Aerial view of Niagara Falls, dock and boat, from suspension bridge. Boat appears to be "Maid Of The Mist." | MS0091/02.02-02#362 |
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