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- Description:
- Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha, entitled, "Launching of the Ashtabula at St. Clair." The photograph was taken off its starboard bow, from over the water, likely from a neighboring pier at Great Lakes Engineering Works. The railroad car ferry was side-launched--the ramp is on the left, the wave on the right, and aboard a crowd of people are bracing themselves.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the port side of the Western Navigation Company freighter J.S. KEEFE, under steam. Two figures stand on the flying bridge. Several small buildings along a tree-lined shoreline are visible in the background. The image is captioned with the date, 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 port side of the freighter HARVEY J. KENDALL, under steam with a deck-load of coal. Five people are visible on deck. A tree-lined shoreline is visible in the background. The image is captioned with the date, 1915. "35-9," was written on the non-archival envelope which previously housed the plate.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the port side of the Inter lake Steamship Company freighter CORVUS, under steam. Several crew members are on the flying bridge, below near the bow, and a lone man sits near the aft cabin. There are two piles of coal on the deck. A tree-lined shoreline is visible in the background. The image is captioned "1915."
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the bow and starboard side of the Wilson Transit Company freighter GENERAL GARRETSON, under steam. A crew member stands on deck near the forward cabin, while two others stand and sit near the aft cabin. Two more figures are visible at the stern. In the foreground, a man, wearing suspenders and a hat, appears to observe the freighter through binoculars from a rowboat. 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:
- Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the starboard side of the steamboat GEN. J.L. DECKER, under steam. Several homes along a tree-lined shoreline are 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 bow and starboard side of the Atlas Steamship Company freighter GRIFFIN, under steam. The smoke stack is decorated with a large "H." A man in a hat stands near the bow of the ship. Several figures are gathered at the stern of the ship where a small boat with two people inside is being towed. Two figures are on deck near the hatch just before the aft cabin. A House on a tree-lined shoreline is visible in the background. The image is captioned with the year, "1916."
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the bow and port side of the M.A. Hanna and Company freighter G.A. FLAGG, under steam. Two crew members are on the flying bridge, and ten other figures, including a woman wear a white dress are spread out along the main deck. A line extends from the freighter's stern into the water, where it is possibly attached to a chip log or taffrail log. Two men in a rowboat are along the freighter's port side. Another rowboat follows behind. A tree-lined shoreline is visible in the background. The image is captioned, "1915."
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 freighter CALDERA. Several crew member is on deck near the stern. A tree-lined shoreline is visible in the background.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the bow and port side of the Acme Transit Company freighter J.M. JENKS, under steam. A figure stands outside the pilot house, and six others are around the aft cabin. A tree-lined shoreline is visible in the background. The image is captioned with the date, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
