Steamboat "Alfred Thomas" explodes at Easton in Pennsylvania, March 6, 1860, zoomable image

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Sized, cropped, and adjusted for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, March 10, 2010.

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Explosion of the Alfred Thomas at Easton PA. March 6th 1860 / sketch from nature by J. Queen ; printed in oil colors by P.S. Duval & Son, Phila.

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Artist: James Fuller Queen, Philadelphia.
Lithographer: P.S. Duval and Son