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- 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
- 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
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the bow and port side of the Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Company freighter GRAND ISLAND, under steam. Several figures are on deck at the stern. A tugboat pulling a barge equipped with a boom, heading in the opposite direction, and 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:
- Monochromatic glass plate negative taken of either the Chicago, Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Company passenger steamers NORTH AMERICAN or SOUTH AMERICAN, a trio of tug boats, and a freighter outfitted with self-unloading equipment passing each other, as viewed from a long distance in the vacinity of Algonac. A tree lined shoreline is visible in the background. "Algonac 9-3-16," was handwritten on the envelope which previously held the negative.
- 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 port side of the Mahoning Steamship Company freighter WILLIAM H. DONNER, under steam. Several crew members are on the flying bridge while several more work near an open hatch midship. 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 Kinsman Transit Company freighter PHILIP MINCH, under steam. 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
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the starboard side of the LINDEN, under steam with a deck-load of lumber. A figure stands on the flying bridge, and two are on the aftcastle. 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
- Collection:
- Maritime
- 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
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the starboard side of the Republic Transportation Company freighter MARY C. ELPHICKE, under steam. Two crew members are on the flying bridge. 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:
- Sepia-toned photo of the Wyandotte Transportation Company freighter WYANDOTTE, in drydock undergoing a lengthening at Great Lakes Engineering Works, taken peering inside of the hull from where the removed bow would have been. The photo is mounted on beige cardboard with a decorative brown border. "Fred Mogk, Photographer, 23 Henry St. River Rouge - Michigan," is stamped, and "Str. Wyandotte, Lengthened in 1910, Great Lakes Engineering Works" is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
