Antique photograph of the Pittsburgh "paddlewheel" stern wheel packet boat Sam Barnum, in a period mat signed by S A Barnum. Samuel Barnum Samuel A. Barnum, of California, PA, former Washington County Register of Wills and a lifelong Democrat, died at 12:45 am today at the home of his sister, Mrs. James Gee in Allenport. He had been ill for two years. For many years, Mr. Barnum was a Democratic leader in the county, and as a native of the Monongahela Valley had many close associates in political and fraternal life. In recent years, until his illness, he was connected with the Valley Supply Co. stores and once was associated with the Diamond Coal Co. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution; Fayette City Lodge No. 252; Free and Accepted Masons; Uniontown Lodge of Perfection, Pittsburgh Consistory and Syria Temple. Interestingly, the paddlewheel Sam Barnum was partially owned by Captain Cumberland W. Posey, an African American builder of the boat who was also partial owner of the Diamond Coal and Coke Company. The paddlewheel eventually became property of the Hillman Coal and Coke Company in 1921 and was renamed A. B Sheets. The photo show Mt. Washington and part of the industrial South Side of Pittsburgh, image 7.5 by 9 inches, mat 11 by 13 inches.

Apparent good condition.