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- Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the bow and starboard side of the Hubbard Steamship Company freighter C. RUSSELL HUBBARD, under steam. A man stands on the flying bridge. A tree-lined shoreline is visible in the background. The image is captioned with the date, "1915." "[W.C.] Richardson Fleet," was handwritten on the non-archival envelope which previously held the plate.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the starboard side of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company freighter GERMAN, under steam. A crew member stands at the bow, another on the flying bridge, and a third at the stern. A tree-lined shoreline, dotted with houses, is visible in the background. The image is captioned, "1915."
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Description:
- Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the starboard side of the freighter GOGEBIC, under steam. A crew member is on the flying bridge, and another leans on the railing at midship. A tree-lined shoreline, dotted with houses, is visible in the background. The image is captioned, "1915."
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the starboard side of the Algoma Central & Hudson Bay Railway Company freighter THOMAS J. DRUMMOND, under steam. One crew member leans on the railing at the bow, and two others stand near the stern. 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
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the bow and starboard side of the Seither Transit Company freighter G. J. GRAMMER, under steam. One figure stands just behind the forward cabin, another walks along the side of the deck, and a third stands outside of the aft cabin. A tree-lined shoreline is visible in the background. The image is captioned with the year, "1915."
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting port side of the Great Lakes Steamship Company freighter GEORGE B. LEONARD, under steam. A buoy and a building and tree-lined shoreline are visible in the background. The image is captioned with the year, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass plate negative of taken of a photograph, pinned in place on a wooden surface, of three boats moored at the Buffalo Dry Dock Company. The separated bow portion of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company freighter GERMAN is on the right. The GERMAN was cut in half by the Buffalo Dry Dock Company in 1917 to be moved through the Welland Canal, going on to serve as the YANKEE under the U.S. Shipping Board. The Lehigh Valley Transit Company freighter BETHLEHEM is to the left of the GERMAN. The BETHLEHEM was also cut in half here in 1917, to be moved to Montreal. A scow is off of the BETHLEHEM's port side. "Nov. 24/17" is printed in the lower left corner of the pictured photo.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
