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A summer Saturday at the Highland Beach pier, 1878 — the Sea Bird disembarking a full deck, day-trippers with parasols and coats, a brass band on the wharf

The Sea Bird lands, August 1878

1878

Highland Beach steamboat pier

A summer Saturday at the Highland Beach pier — the paddlewheel steamer *Sea Bird* disembarking a full deck of day-trippers from the foot of Cortland Street. Peak years put three thousand passengers a day on this wharf.

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Title
The Sea Bird lands, August 1878
Date
1878
Source
Placeholder — stand-in for Harper's Weekly 1878 illustration.
Contributor
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Rights
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Slug
painted-shore-steamboat-arrival

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The Sea Bird lands, August 1878 (1878). Placeholder — stand-in for Harper's Weekly 1878 illustration. The Highlands History Project, https://history.abovethehook.com/archive/painted-shore-steamboat-arrival/.