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- Description:
- Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the starboard side of the Chicago Navigation Company freighter W.E. FITZGERALD, under steam. A crew member is on the flying bridge, another is below at the bow, and laundry is hung from cables above the main 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:
- 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:
- Monochromatic glass plate negative taken of the launch of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company freighter HARVARD on the grounds of the Detroit Ship Building Company, as taken from off of its port quarter. The freighter has been side-launched into a slip, and water splashed from beneath it. A group of people brace themselves on board the freighter near its stern. A group of spectators watch from the scaffolding beside the slip, and below near the edge of the slip.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One postcard entitled "Cargill Elevator on Fox River, Green Bay, Wis." The postcard shows a color image of two ships in the foreground and a large building in the background. There is a postmark on the verso dated 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- 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
