ca. 1883, “Steamboat Entertainment,” [tintype portrait of steamboat acrobats Sydney John

ca. 1883, “Steamboat Entertainment,” [tintype portrait of steamboat acrobats Sydney John Allen, and Thomas Welch Craggs]

Sid is about 16, and Tom is about 22 years of age.  The photo was reproduced from a tintype and may have been originally made by E. A. Price, who was operating a photography shanty boat…

viathe University of Wisconsin, La Crosse Historic Steamboat Photographs at the Murphy Library Special Collections: