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- 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
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass plate negative taken of a silouetted freighter, with its starboard side toward the camera, passing beneath a sunset on Lake St. Clair. "Sunset on St. Clair near Flats, Sept. 11, 1915," was handwritten on the envelope which previously held the negative.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photo of the launch of the U.S. Shipping Board cargo freighter CRAWL KEYS at Great Lakes Engineering Works, taken from across the slip its being side launched into, off of its port bow. A banner, blurred by the motion of the launch, is hung at midship on the vessel's port side; its discernible portion reads, "A World's Record, This Ship Launched [...]," referring to the freighter's record setting 29 day construction period. A crowd has gathered in the background at the end of the slip, beneath a building with a large "Great Lakes Engineering Works" sign on its roof. "7-29-1918," is printed near the bottom center of the image. The photo is mounted on beige cardboard with a decorative brown border. "Fred Mogk, Photographer, 23 Henry St. River Rouge - Michigan," is stamped on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the port side of the Canada Steamship Lines freighter DORIC, under steam. A rowboat with two passengers is off the DORIC's port side, and a small propeller-driven boat with a canopy is in the rear. A crew members stands on the flying bridge, and two more sit 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 Interlake Steamship Company freighter HEMLOCK, under steam. Several figures are on deck around the bow and stern. A tree-lined shoreline is visible in the background. Three smaller boats, one pulling another, are in the foreground. People are supplies are visible on board the two larger, propeller-driven ones. The image is captioned with the date, "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 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
- Description:
- Negative, glass-plate. Monochromatic glass-plate negative from the studio of Louis James Pesha depicting the port side of the W.C. FRANZ, under steam amid chunk of ice on the water. Three crew members are on the flying bridge. A fourth figure stands on the main deck, toward the forward cabin. A final figure is visible near the aft cabin. A tree-lined shoreline is in the background. The image is captioned, "1914."
- Date Issued:
- 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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 St. Lawrence and Chicago Steam Navigation Company freighter J. H. G. HAGARTY, under steam. A figure stands on the flying bridge, another walks along the deck, and a small group are gathered on and around the aft cabin. The deck of a freighter passing on the opposite side, and a tree-lined shoreline are visible in the background. The image is captioned with the date, "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 port side of the Pennsylvania Steamship Company freighter JACOB T. KOPP, under steam. Three figures are on the main deck, another stands at the stern, and a fifth is inside of a cowl vent adjacent to the smokestack. A tree-lined shoreline is visible in the background. The image is captioned with the date, 1915. The non-archival envelope which previously housed the plate included the following hand-written details: JACOB T KOPP 204.815 renamed G.N. WILSON CONSUMERS POWER HARRY YATES EDMUND P. SMITH 1939
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- 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
