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- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph of the starboard side of a completed Eagle Boat being rolled along the tracks of the transfer table to be launched at the Ford River Rouge Factory Complex. The boat has been dressed with its signal flags, and draped with banners, and an American flag at its bow. Uniformed naval personnel stand on the boat's deck. "27530-8-15-19," is printed in the lower right corner of the recto. The photo is mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting workers riviting plates onto an Eagle Boat hull from scaffolding attached to the starboard side of boat within the Ford Rouge Factory Complex. Material is staged nearby for use. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22450-6-13-18 has 1-4 written above the date. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph taken to document the effort to set a new record time for boat construction through the manufacture of Eagle Boat No. 59, within building "B" of the Ford River Rouge Factory Complex, as viewed from the ground below the boat's starboard quarter. Scaffolding surrounds the sides of the boat, and several workers are visible atop the hull. The propeller support is in place. Lower right hand corner show number and date of photo: 26369-04-05-19 with a #59 written above. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting three workers fabricating material to be used for Eagle Boats in the machine shop within Ford Rouge Factory Building "B." The caption "Prefabrication," is on the verso. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 21994-5-04-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting the interior of the Elevator Control Building at the Ford Rouge Factory Complex. A series of valves and pressure gauges are shown. This machinery is used to control the elevators used to launching the Eagle Boats. Lower right hand corner of photo has number and date of photo: 22644-7-16-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph showing the interior of Building B of the Ford Motor Company's River Rouge development with an Eagle Boat in the background in stocks with bracing atop rails. Foreground shows men riveting a keel. Verso: "Workmen rivet bottom plates to keel." Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22315-6-5-18. Above the number is a small (6). Photo mounted on a linen backing with flap on left side with holes for mounting.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the starboard side of the Erie and Western Transit Company freighter CONEMAUGH, under steam. Several crew members are on the flying bridge. Smoke from the stack of another vessel rises from the left edge of the frame. A tree-lined shoreline is visible in the background. The image is captioned "1916."
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the starboard side of the freighter IMPERIAL, under steam. Two men are on the flying bridge at midship. A line extends from the stern off the left edge of frame. Several animals grazing along a tree-lined shoreline are visible in the background. The photo is captioned with the year, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting a crane setting steel beams as part of the construction of the elevator, used to launch Eagle Boats, at the Ford Rouge Factory Complex. In the foreground workers move lumber to be used in forming foundations. The caption, "Hydraulic elevators half-complete," is printed on the verso. Lower right hand corner of photo number and date of photo: 22569-7-02-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting staged materials and cranes along a rail track being used in the construction of Building "B" at the Ford River Rouge Complex. A water tower stands on the left. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 21988-5-04-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
