Image manipulation in the pre-Photoshop era
Moonlight cruises were a popular recreational "adventure" at the dawn of the twentieth-century. Postcards were frequently tinted to comemorate the experience. Dramatic clouds would partially cover a full moon (which appeared at every angle of the compass).
This image is purest fiction. No steamboat ever deliberately ran the Lachine Rapids after dark. No one in their right mind would have taken the trip, and no insurance policy would have covered it.
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