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Timby’s cordon of revolving towers, for harbor defence [sic]

Description: Image of three towers spanning a channel with ships and sailboats in the water; information about how towers operated and attempts by inventor Theodore Timby to submit models of towers and of his ironclad ship technology to various governments in bottom margin.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1862-1865
Call number: priJLC_MIL_000833
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

Sketch of the Niagara Falls suspension bridge : (new in progress) shewing [sic] the basket ferry and the temporary towers of the foot bridge

Visual Materials

Image of an eye-level landscape view of the Niagara Falls gorge, showing the cable lines and ferry basket that were strung across the Niagara River during the construction Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge connecting New York and Ontario, Canada, with towers and a man on the banks in the foreground, and the waterfall in the distance; section view of cable in ferry and bridge statistics printed in bottom margin.

priJLC_VIEW_000730

Part of Charleston Harbor embracing forts Moultrie, Sumter, Johnson, and Castle Pinckney

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Image of a map of Charleston Harbor and the surrounding forts, including Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter, Fort Johnson, and Castle Pinckney with the location of Union merchant ship Star of the West when it was fired upon from Morris Island during the American Civil War; bust-length portrait of Union Major Robert Anderson in military uniform; small image of a view of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, off the North Channel in bottom margin.

priJLC_MIL_001508

Monitor and Merrimac [sic], first fight between ironclads

Visual Materials

Image of the naval battle between the ironclad ships Monitor and Merrimack in the Battle of Hampton Roads, March 8–9, 1862, during the American Civil War.

priJLC_PRG_002018

Running the blockade

Visual Materials

Image of a maze-based board game with naval scenes of ships, ferries, sailboats, torpedoes, reefs, sharks, cliffs, whirlpools, and harbor of Wilmington, North Carolina, during the American Civil War; notes describe rules of the game in lower margin.

priJLC_MIL_000800

Bird's-eye view of the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893

Visual Materials

Image of an aerial view of the World's Columbian Exposition buildings in Chicago, Illinois, along the lakeshore; names of the buildings and exhibits are listed in the bottom margin, with a key to find each location on the map; steamships and sailboats visible on the lake.

priJLC_FAIR_001694

The great East River Suspension Bridge. : Connecting the cities of New York & Brooklyn - from New York looking south-east

Visual Materials

Image of an eye-level landscape view of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City showing the New York and Brooklyn Towers, with people lined on the bridge, and a busy dock and boats in the East River; the names of the architect, engineers and related persons printed in lower margin.

priJLC_VIEW_000592

Timby’s cordon of revolving towers, for harbor defence [sic]

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