Prints of Dixon, Ill., Bridge, Before and After Disaster, both 9" x 12.25" with ornamental border and marked Dixon Telegraph Print after photographs by Keyes of Dixon, first entitled The Disaster At Dixon-The Bridge Before The Catastrophe From The North Side and second The Disaster At Dixon-Ruins Of The Bridge From The South Side. This is probably the collapse that occurred May 4, 1873 when about 200 people gathered on the bridge to witness a mass baptism of new Baptist converts. Approximately 56 people were killed in the collapse (although only 48 bodies were recovered).
Condition report
1st with light soil and trimmed along bottom margin; 2nd central vertical fold and 0.5" tear at top center margin.
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Summer Historic Americana Online
9:00 AM PT - Jul 11th, 2008
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Cowan's Auctions, Inc.
6270 Este Ave
Cincinnati, OH 45232
Cincinnati, OH 45232
