Steamboat with passengers on deck, circa 1910

Subjects: Ships & Boats Steamboats & Riverboats
Card type: Printed photo
Date: c. 1907 (Golden Age)

Back of Steamboat with passengers on deck, circa 1910, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, c. 1907 printed photo postcard — Back

About this postcard

A side view of a small steam-powered vessel — a riverboat or ferry — with a tall smokestack, a pilot house, and a long open deck where several figures stand at the rail. The craft sits low on choppy water beneath a blank sky, rendered in a coarse halftone screen tinted pink above and aqua below. No caption, place, or line name is printed on the front, so the vessel and its waters remain unidentified.

Postcard Details

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POST CARD THIS SPACE FOR CORRESPONDENCE FOR ADDRESS ONLY PUT ONE-CENT STAMP HERE Lachine Rapids.—Lachine Rapids are situated fifteen miles above the City of Montreal, Can., and there is a turbulent fall of the River St. Lawrence of fifteen feet to the mile of jagged rocks and reefs, most dangerous to navigate. The Lachine Canal, with a magnificent lock system, enters the lower and upper River St. Lawrence around the Rapids. In the picture is shown the little steamboat that shoots the rapids once a day with tourists and visitors, and is piloted by the celebrated Indian who manages to steer the boat around through what is known as one of the most dangerous rapids in the world.

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Postcard record

Condition	Good
Place mentioned	Lachine Rapids, Montreal, Quebec
Notes	Heavy halftone dot screen with two-color tint; no white border; small orange stain near top center; slight corner wear. No postmark and no handwriting. Divided back ("THIS SPACE FOR CORRESPONDENCE" / "FOR ADDRESS ONLY") with a one-cent stamp box; printed descriptive text about the Lachine Rapids. Coarse halftone print, no white border.

Cite this card

Steamboat with passengers on deck, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/steamboat-with-passengers-on-deck-circa-1910. Accessed October 24, 2026.