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- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph taken of an Eagle Boat moored at the Ford River Rouge Factory Complex's outfitting dock, from the shore off of its port bow. The boat appears complete. Smoke rises from its stack. Lower right hand corner show number and date of photo: 23480-10-30-18. 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 construction at the Ford River Rouge Complex. Workers frame a lean-to wing to the side of a factory. Roof trusses are placed with a pulley system. Ladders, wheelbarrows, and a wagon carrying lumber are all in the scene. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22250-5-29-18. 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 a model of an Eagle Boat used as a display float, viewed from the starboard quarter. The boat is surrounded by a canvas-like material simulating waves. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22176-5-21-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph of the exterior of the employment office for the Ford Motor Company Ship Yards on Miller Road. Men are lined up along the side of the building on the right. On the left, a man signs a sheet on a writing surface attached to the side of a fence, as another man waits. A sign posted beside the building reads, "Ford Motor Company Ship Yards, Entrance No. 10. "27125-7-3-19," is printed in the lower right corner of the recto, and "Employment Office, Miller Road, Ship Yard Plant," is handwritten on the verso. 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 taken of the interior of the room housing the hydraulic elevator machinery at the River Rouge Factory Complex. A series of pipes and valves are in the foreground on the left. A large room heating furnace and an electrical generator are on the right. "26396-04-11-19," 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 showing an Eagle Boat being outfitted within Building B of the Ford Motor Company's River Rouge development, as taken from above the boat's bow. Elevated bins line the corridor. The ship's wheelhouse is shown. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22377-6-12-18. 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 display float of an Eagle Boat, shown from off of the model's starboard bow profile. Houses can be seen in background. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22177-5-21-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph of progress made plating the bow of the hull of Eagle Boat No. 39 within building "B" of the Ford River Rouge Factory Complex, as taken from above its port bow. Several plates have been applied at the bow. Blurred workers are busy on the floor beside the boat, as well as beneath its bow. Men work at desks on both the right and left sides of the aisle. Pieces of framing are piled along the wall on the left. "25635-2-3-19, #39" is printed in the lower left 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:
- A staple-bound contract form between the Ford Motor Company, represented by the company's vice president F.J. Klingensmith, and the U.S. Navy establishing the terms for the construction of 100 patrol boats, the Eagle Boats, dated March 4, 1917. To Ms. Kimdsen -A.L.," is handwritten and "copy" is typewritten at the top, the blanks for the names and dates on the first page have been filled out, and on the seventh page, names have been typewritten where each party would have signed, including Edsel B. Ford, Klingensmith, and Graham Egerton as representative of Acting Secretary of the Navy, F.D. Roosevelt.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Staple-bound report, dated November 20, 1916, from the Navy Department, Bureau of Construction and Repair, containing two articles, "Air Test of Compartments," and "Extracts from Report of Air Tests of Compartments and Zones of Water-Ejecting System on the U.S.S. OKLAHOMA," both written J.G. Tawresey of the U.S. Navy. A stamp on the cover indicates that the report was receives by the Ford Motor Company's Office of the Superintending Constructor for the U.S. Navy on February 27, 1919, in preparation for the construction of the Ford Eagle Boats later that year. "Noted R.K.," is handwritten in pencil on the upper left corner of the first page.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
