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- Color postcard depicting a docked passenger steamer of the D & C Line. A sign reads "D&C, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo & Niagara Falls, Daily Service to Mackinac Island via the Coast Line." The ship decks, pier and dock are crowded with people. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 30, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TASHMOO with many people on deck. Printed on verso: Steamer Tashmoo. The scene is the picture is typical of a summer day in Detroit along the river front. In the foreground is the fine White Star Line steamer Tashmoo, "Queen of the Detroit River" leading passengers and freight for the famous St. Clair Flats and Port Huron. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 4, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TASHMOO with many people on deck. Printed on verso: THE STEAMER TASHMOO is the pride of the White Star Line. She was constructed especially for use as a river excursion boat and carries 4,000 passengers on her broad decks. The Tashmoo's regular run in from Detroit to Post Huron, passing through the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, the St. Clair Flats and St. Clair River. At Tashmoo Park, where the steamer touches, a large picnic and dancing pavilion are maintained.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the TASHMOO in the upper left corner, with the rest of the card white. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 31, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Gangways for Strs. 59 & 60 for Ft.& P.M. [Flint & Pere Marquette] R.R." The drawing consists of black and red ink on linen and shows details of the gangways on the sides of the proposed wooden-hulled, propeller-driven, passenger steamships. The plan was prepared by Frank E. Kirby at a scale of 1 1/2 inches = 1 foot by the Detroit Dry Dock Company and is dated May, 1882. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the CITY OF DETROIT III with many people visible on deck. Printed on verso: City of Detroit III. Costing $1,500,000, operating between Detroit and Buffalo - Length 500 feet, 100 feet wide, 600 staterooms, 50 parlors, private verandas, telephones in every room. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Apr 22, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass plate negative taken of the Canada Steamship Lines' Northern Navigation Company passenger steamers NORONIC and HURONIC docked in Port Huron, as taken from on the St. Clair River off of the port bows of both boats. Port Huron is visible extending from the left side of the frame into the background. "Port Huron - S. Str. W.H., 1915," was handwritten on the envelope which previously housed the negative.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Elevation Plan of Steamers 59 & 60 for Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Company." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows a port side exterior profile view of the proposed wooden-hulled, propeller-driven, passenger steamships. The plan was prepared at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot by Frank E. Kirby for the Detroit Dry Dock Company and is dated May, 1882. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the EASTERN STATES in open water with several flags flying. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 17, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Plan of Spar Deck, F.&P.M. [Flint & Pere Marquette] Steamers, Showing Additional Capacity Due to 36 Feet 8 Inch Increased Length." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows a plan view of the proposed cabin layout on the spar deck for the wooden-hulled, propeller-driven, passenger steamships. The plan was prepared at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot by Frank E. Kirby for the Detroit Dry Dock Company and is dated May, 1883. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
