Photograph of the S.S. Harriet Tubman surrounded by scaffolding

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A black-and-white photograph of the S.S. Harriet Tubman before its launch mounted on a black paper page of a bound photograph album commemorating the event owned by Harriet Tubman's niece, Eva Stewart Northrup. This image depicts the ship in the slipway surrounded by scaffolding. The ship is adorned with striped bunting and flag streamers.

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