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“The Leviathan,” Steam Ship.
Philip Paul Bliss at right and his wife Lucy seated at left, with an artist identified as Beard sketching a child on a large drawing board. Philip Paul Bliss (1838–1876) was a prominent American gospel singer and composer associated with the Moody and Sankey revivals. Mrs. Bliss sits in the foreground holding a closed parasol, wearing a dark dress with contrasting trim, while Bliss is seated at right in a dark suit with waistcoat and bow tie. The central seated woman wears a patterned dress with apron and hat, positioned between the couple, with rocks and trees forming a constructed outdoor backdrop. Bliss and his wife Lucy (1841–1876) died together in the Ashtabula River railroad disaster in Ohio on December 29, 1876, when a bridge collapse caused a train to plunge into a ravine and burn.
Philip Paul Bliss at right and his wife Lucy seated at left, with an artist identified as Beard sketching a child on a large drawing board. Philip Paul Bliss (1838–1876) was a prominent American gospel singer and composer associated with the Moody and Sankey revivals. Mrs. Bliss sits in the foreground holding a closed parasol, wearing a dark dress with contrasting trim, while Bliss is seated at right in a dark suit with waistcoat and bow tie. The central seated woman wears a patterned dress with apron and hat, positioned between the couple, with rocks and trees forming a constructed outdoor backdrop. Beard has sketched the photographer Johnson at the lower left. Bliss and his wife Lucy (1841–1876) died together in the Ashtabula River railroad disaster in Ohio on December 29, 1876, when a bridge collapse caused a train to plunge into a ravine and burn.
Indian Chiefs at Government House, New Westminster. Taken May 24, 1865 in the capitol of British Columbia, Canada. The man in the frilled jacket is Tsil-husalst, Xaxlip Chief. See Carlo Gentile Gold Rush Photographer,” by Ronald A. Greene.
Tuscon meteorite at the Smithsonian. The Tucson Ring meteorite is a brezinaite meteorite fragment. It was reported as one of several masses of virgin iron found at the foot of the Sierra de la Madera and transported to the plaza of Tucson, Arizona circa 1850, where it was used as an anvil in a blacksmith’s shop.
