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1. A mounted, glossy, sepia-toned photographic print of the "Launch of Fireboat James Battle," as titled at the lower left corner

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A mounted, glossy, sepia-toned photographic print of the "Launch of Fireboat James Battle," as titled at the lower left corner. The fire tug, stern facing the camera, is being side-launched and is kicking up a splash at Wyandotte's Detroit Shipbuilding Company. Crowds are visible along the sides of the dock, as well as on the roof of a structure in the foreground. A sailor, adjusting his footing, is on the deck of the JAMES BATTLE. "Detroit Photographic Co." is written in the lower right corner of the print. "With compliments of Wm. Cason," handwritten on verso. Matting is green cardstock.
Date Issued:
1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Fire Department

2. A mounted sepia-toned glossy photographic print of a group of 27 men posing at the drydock on the occasion of the launching the fire tug "JAMES BATTLE" on October 18, 1893

Description:
A mounted sepia-toned glossy photographic print of a group of 27 men posing at the drydock on the occasion of the launching the fire tug "JAMES BATTLE" on October 18, 1893. Mounted on beige cardstock. "With compliments of Wm. Cason" written on verso.
Date Issued:
1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Fire Department

3. Edmund Fitzgerald Launching 1958 B/W People Coming off Boat at Tashmoo Park Great Lakes Engineering Works

Description:
Silent 16mm film beginning with black and white c. 1928 Detroit News newsreel footage of Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association members disembarking from the excursion boat TASHMOO (continued from the end of reel 2015.011.022), followed by color footage of the launch of the EDMUND FITZGERALD on June 7, 1958, and then c. 1962 black and white footage of the Wyandotte Transportation Company freighter WYANDOTTE, the laker SNEATON, and the American Steamship Company freighter ADAM E. CORNELIUS as shot from a beach. The EDMUND FITZGERALD footage captures workers hammering the supports beneath the freighter in preparation for it's launch, and the crowds gathered at Great Lakes Engineering Works. The launch is filmed from an elevated position above the center of the slip into which the freighter slides. An Allied Film Laboratory logo appears at the beginning of the reel.
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society
Collection:
Maritime

4. A mounted, glossy, sepia-toned photographic print of the "Launch of Fireboat James Battle," as titled at the lower left corner

Description:
A mounted, glossy, sepia-toned photographic print of the "Launch of Fireboat James Battle," as titled at the lower left corner. The fire tug, stern facing the camera, is being side-launched and is kicking up a splash at Wyandotte's Detroit Shipbuilding Company. Crowds are visible along the sides of the dock, as well as on the roof of a structure in the foreground. A sailor, adjusting his footing, is on the deck of the JAMES BATTLE. "Detroit Photographic Co." is written in the lower right corner of the print. "With compliments of Wm. Cason," handwritten on verso. Matting is green cardstock.
Date Issued:
1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society

5. A mounted sepia-toned glossy photographic print of a group of 27 men posing at the drydock on the occasion of the launching the fire tug "JAMES BATTLE" on October 18, 1893

Description:
A mounted sepia-toned glossy photographic print of a group of 27 men posing at the drydock on the occasion of the launching the fire tug "JAMES BATTLE" on October 18, 1893. Mounted on beige cardstock. "With compliments of Wm. Cason" written on verso.
Date Issued:
1893-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society

6. Launch of the Edmund Fitzgerald Hull #301, Great Lakes Engineering Works

Description:
Silent color 16mm film containing the documentary "Great Lakes Engineering Works Ship Builders and Engineers, River Rouge 18, Mich. Presents Hull 301" shot of the launch of the EDMUND FITZGERALD on June 7, 1958 by R.J. Anderson and Company. The film shows the crowds of spectators, both on land at Great Lakes Engineering Works, as well as in boats on the river, and on the stage set up in front of the boat's bow. The launch is captured from off the freighter's port quarter, and again off of the port bow. The film ends after several shots of the freighter floating in the slip, and of the crowd.
Date Issued:
1958-01-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society

7. Edmund Fitzgerald Launching 1958 B/W People Coming off Boat at Tashmoo Park Great Lakes Engineering Works

Description:
Silent 16mm film beginning with black and white c. 1928 Detroit News newsreel footage of Michigan State Pharmaceutical Association members disembarking from the excursion boat TASHMOO (continued from the end of reel 2015.011.022), followed by color footage of the launch of the EDMUND FITZGERALD on June 7, 1958, and then c. 1962 black and white footage of the Wyandotte Transportation Company freighter WYANDOTTE, the laker SNEATON, and the American Steamship Company freighter ADAM E. CORNELIUS as shot from a beach. The EDMUND FITZGERALD footage captures workers hammering the supports beneath the freighter in preparation for it's launch, and the crowds gathered at Great Lakes Engineering Works. The launch is filmed from an elevated position above the center of the slip into which the freighter slides. An Allied Film Laboratory logo appears at the beginning of the reel.
Data Provider:
Detroit Historical Society