Hand-colored view of Memphis from the Mississippi, the steamboat John Swasey smoking in front of a bluff topped with buildings and steeples.
Bird's-eye view of the Memphis street grid stretching to the horizon, with steamboats trailing smoke along the river.
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Memphis from the River

Pictures by Adolphus Forbriger and A. Ruger

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Adolphus Forbriger's 1848 lithograph shows the riverboat John Swasey steaming past the bluff at Memphis, smoke pouring from its stacks as the young city and its steeples look on. Memphis was founded in 1819 and took its name from the ancient Egyptian capital on the Nile. For someone who calls Memphis home, or loves the river.

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Memphis · Lithograph view / MEMPHIS FROM THE RIVER / Adolphus Forbriger, 1848 / The riverboat John Swasey steams past the bluff with smoke pouring from its stacks, as the young city and its steeples look on. Memphis was founded in 1819 and named after the ancient Egyptian capital on the Nile.

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