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- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Cabin Plan for Strs. 59/60 for Ft. & P.M. [Flint & Pere Marquette] R.R." The drawing consists of black and red ink on linen and shows a plan view of the proposed cabin layout for the wooden-hulled, propeller-driven, passenger steamships. The plan was prepared at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot by Frank E. Kirby for the Detroit Dry Dock Company and is dated May, 1882. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Elevation Plan of Steamers 59 & 60 for Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad Company." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows a port side exterior profile view of the proposed wooden-hulled, propeller-driven, passenger steamships. The plan was prepared at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot by Frank E. Kirby for the Detroit Dry Dock Company and is dated May, 1882. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Plan of Spar Deck, F.&P.M. [Flint & Pere Marquette] Steamers, Showing Additional Capacity Due to 36 Feet 8 Inch Increased Length." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows a plan view of the proposed cabin layout on the spar deck for the wooden-hulled, propeller-driven, passenger steamships. The plan was prepared at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot by Frank E. Kirby for the Detroit Dry Dock Company and is dated May, 1883. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1883-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TASHMOO next to a dock. The decks and the dock are crowded with people.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Line Draft of F.&P.M. [Flint & Pere Marquette] Steamers No. 59/60." The drawing consists of black and blue ink on linen and shows the lines for the proposed wooden-hulled, propeller-driven, passenger steamships. The plan was prepared at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot by Frank E. Kirby for the Detroit Dry Dock Company and is dated May, 1882. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the steamer BRITANNIA on the St. Clair River with its decks packed with passengers. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Feb 19, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the CITY OF TOLEDO with its deck filled with people and smoke billowing. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 19, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting several passenger steamers next to a dock. "Phostint" Card. Made only by Detroit Publishing Co.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Parallel folded brochure listing the 1919 Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company steamer schedule. The cover bears a painting of the CITY OF DETROIT III sailing away from a sun rise or sun set, as another passenger steamer travels in the distance. The back cover lists the schedule for the WESTERN STATES, EASTERN STATES, CITY OF DETROIT II, and CITY OF ST. IGNACE of the Detroit and Cleveland Division, the CITY OF DETROIT III and CITY OF CLEVELAND III of the Detroit and Buffalo Division, and the CITY OF ALPENA II and CITY OF MACKINAC II of the Mackinac Division. The interior contains a map of routes and a table of fares.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a steamship docked at Wayne Pavilion. Along the dock at crowds of people, cars, and a streetcar. A large passenger ship is traveling on the Detroit River in the background. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 19, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the PUT-IN-BAY in open water and its decks filled with people. Printed on verso: Steamer Put-in-Bay. The new steamer "Put-in-Bay" of the Ashley & Dustin Steamer Line is called the "New Flyer of the Lakes." This boat has six decks, is 240 feet long, 60 feet wide, has 7,000 square feet of dancing space, three thousand horse power triple expansion engines and a carrying capacity of 4,000 people. On the observation deck are a large number of ocean steamer chairs and the shade deck is fitted out with private parlors. The "Put-in-Bay" represents the newest development in lake excursion steamers. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Feb 12, 1913.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TASHMOO with many people on deck. Printed on verso: THE STEAMER TASHMOO is the pride of the White Star Line. She was constructed especially for use as a river excursion boat and carries 4,000 passengers on her broad decks. The Tashmoo's regular run in from Detroit to Post Huron, passing through the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, the St. Clair Flats and St. Clair River. At Tashmoo Park, where the steamer touches, a large picnic and dancing pavilion are maintained.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TASHMOO and two other steamers next to a dock. The ship decks and the dock are crowded with people. Printed on verso: Excursion Steamers, Detroit, Mich. Detroit is proud of its fleet of Excursion Steamers, the finest in the world. More than eight million passengers arrive and depart from Detroit during the Navigation season. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 5, 1919.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard accented with glitter depicting the TASHMOO and IDLEWILD next to a dock. The ship decks and the dock are crowded with people. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Aug 23, 1907.
- Date Issued:
- 1907-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the EASTERN STATES in open water with several flags flying. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 17, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Rudder for F.& P.M. [Flint & Pere Marquette] No. 1." The drawing consists of black and red ink on linen and shows details of the rudder assembly for the proposed wooden-hulled, propeller-driven, passenger steamship. The plan (number A-3-105) was prepared at a scale of 3/4 inch = 1 foot by the Detroit Dry Dock Company and is dated March, 1885. (Steamer number 59 was the Detroit Dry Dock hull number for the passenger steamship that was known as F.& P.M. No. 1.)
- Date Issued:
- 1885-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled "Strs. 59 & 60, F.&P.M. [Flint & Pere Marquette] No. 1 & 2." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows a half cross-section view with dimensions for the proposed wooden-hulled steamships. The plan was prepared at a scale of 1/2 inch = 1 foot by Frank E. Kirby of the Detroit Dry Dock Company. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Tillers for Strs. 59 & 60." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows details of the tillers for the proposed wooden-hulled, propeller-driven, passenger steamships. The plan (number A-5-100-101) was prepared at a scale of 3 inches = 1 foot by the Detroit Dry Dock Company and is dated March, 1882. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the CITY OF DETROIT III with many people visible on deck. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jan 4, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- 26 page Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company promotional booklet; describes Fleet, focusing on the CITY OF DETROIT III and CITY OF CLEVELAND III, Fares, Routes, Rates for Hotels and Automobiles
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TASHMOO next to a dock. The decks and the dock are crowded with people.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company, Cleveland Division freight bill invoice for 33 cases of Smucker's apple butter shipped to the E.J. Dossin Company on May 2, 1923 aboard the passenger steamer WESTERN STATES. The bill is stamped as paid by the D&C line, and several handwritten notes have been made on it. A second copy is attached along the perforated left edge.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Business/Stores/Retail
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the CITY OF TOLEDO at the White Star Line dock, with many people on deck and on the dock. Other steamers are in the background. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep 20, 1910.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TASHMOO at night with many people on deck. Printed on verso: STEAMER TASHMOO, DETROIT, MICH. The Tashmoo is one of the prettiest of the White Star Line Fleet. It runs daily between Detroit and Pt. Huron, stopping at all of the Flats Resorts. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 12, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the CITY OF DETROIT III with many people visible on deck. Printed on recto: Length 470 feet - Beam, moulded, 55 feet - 7 Decks - 600 Staterooms - 7600 Indicated Horse Power - Speed 21 miles - cost $1,500,000.
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting a docked passenger steamer of the D & C Line. A sign reads "D&C, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo & Niagara Falls, Daily Service to Mackinac Island via the Coast Line." The ship decks, pier and dock are crowded with people. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 30, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled "Section of the F&PM [Flint & Pere Marquette] R.R. Steamers." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows a half cross-section view with dimensions for the proposed wooden-hulled steamships. Blue ink has been used to show the water surface. The plan was prepared at a scale of 1/2 inch = 1 foot by the Detroit Dry Dock Company. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the steamer PLEASURE docked at the foot of Woodward Avenue. A sign on the boat reads "Pleasure" and a sign on the dock reads "Moonlight To-Night, Steamer Columbia, 8:30 to 11:30, 35¢". In the foreground is a car and a person on a bicycle. Printed on verso: Belle Isle Pleasure Boat. A favorite method of access to Belle Isle, Detroit's principal pleasure ground, is by steamer, and boats leave regularly from convenient wharves, for the big pier at "The Island." The scene shows one of the large steamers of the Detroit Belle Isle and Windsor Ferry Co., leaving the foot of Woodward Avenue for Belle Isle, band playing and picknickers [sic] thronging the decks. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 19, 1915.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard accented with glitter depicting the TASHMOO and EXCELSIOR along the riverfront.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TASHMOO and IDLEWILD next to a dock. The ship decks and the dock are crowded with people. Handwritten message on recto, postmarked Sep 4, 1906.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TASHMOO with many people on deck. Printed on verso: Steamer Tashmoo. The scene is the picture is typical of a summer day in Detroit along the river front. In the foreground is the fine White Star Line steamer Tashmoo, "Queen of the Detroit River" leading passengers and freight for the famous St. Clair Flats and Port Huron. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 4, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TASHMOO with many people on deck. Printed on verso: THE STEAMER TASHMOO is the pride of the White Star Line. She was constructed especially for use as a river excursion boat and carries 4,000 passengers on her broad decks. The Tashmoo's regular run in from Detroit to Post Huron, passing through the Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, the St. Clair Flats and St. Clair River. At Tashmoo Park, where the steamer touches, a large picnic and dancing pavilion are maintained. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jan 30, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the steamers TASHMOO and PLEASURE at the dock at the foot of Woodward Avenue. The their decks are filled with passengers. Printed on verso: Pleasure Steamers. The steamers Pleasure and Tashmoo, loading with excursionists,, bound respectively for Belle Isle and the St. Clair Flats. Thousands of people take in the popular trips these steamers afford. The scene is typical of the summer season in Detroit. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 19, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the CITY OF DETROIT III with many people visible on deck. Printed on verso: City of Detroit III. Costing $1,500,000, operating between Detroit and Buffalo - Length 500 feet, 100 feet wide, 600 staterooms, 50 parlors, private verandas, telephones in every room. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Apr 22, 1912.
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Monochromatic glass plate negative taken of the Canada Steamship Lines' Northern Navigation Company passenger steamers NORONIC and HURONIC docked in Port Huron, as taken from on the St. Clair River off of the port bows of both boats. Port Huron is visible extending from the left side of the frame into the background. "Port Huron - S. Str. W.H., 1915," was handwritten on the envelope which previously housed the negative.
- Date Issued:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- 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:
- Black and white photo of the small passenger steamboats ODD FELLOW and MABLE docked in Elk Rapids, Michigan, as viewed from the foot of the dock with the bow of the ODD FELLOW on the left, and that of the MABLE on the right. Passengers stand on the dock between the boats, as well as on board both boats. A dog is among the group on the dock. "ODD FELLOW and MABLE 1905," was typewritten on a caption previously stapled to the upper left corner of the recto. "Elk Rapids, Michigan," is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Black and white photographic print depicting the Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company passenger steamer CITY OF DETROIT III at a dock. Dated 6/17/1919
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the CITY OF DETROIT III at night with many people visible on deck. Printed on verso: City of Detroit III, of the D. & C. Line, at Night. Cost $1,500,000. Operates between Detroit and Buffalo in connection with steamer "City of Cleveland." This is the largest and finest side-wheel steamer afloat, being 500 feet long, 100 feet wide, six decks, 600 staterooms, 50 parlors with private verandas, telephone in every stateroom, dining room on main deck, Palm Court, Marie Antoinette Drawing Room, Lounge Room and numerous other features. Passenger capacity 5,000. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Sep, 1919.
- Date Issued:
- 1919-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TASHMOO with many people on deck. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Apr 24, 1908.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Black and white postcard depicting the TASHMOO in the upper left corner, with the rest of the card white. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Jul 31, 1916.
- Date Issued:
- 1916-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the steamer PLEASURE at the dock at the foot of Woodward Avenue. The decks are filled with passengers. Printed on verso: Belle Isle Pleasure Boat. A favorite method of access to Belle Isle, Detroit principal pleasure ground, is by steamer, and boats leave regularly from convenient wharves, for the big pier at "The Island." The scene shows one of the large steamers of the Detroit, Belle Isle and Windsor Ferry Co., leaving the foot of Woodward Avenue for Belle Isle, band playing and picnickers thronging the decks.
- Date Issued:
- 1908-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Rudder and Shoes for Strs. 59 & 60." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows details of the rudder assembly for the proposed wooden-hulled, propeller-driven, passenger steamships. The plan (number A-3-106-107) was prepared at a scale of 3/4 inch = 1 foot by the Detroit Dry Dock Company and is dated March, 1882. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the steamers PLEASURE and TASHMOO at the dock at the foot of Woodward Avenue. Their decks are filled with passengers. Printed on verso: Pleasure Steamers. The steamers Pleasure and Tashmoo, loading with excursionists, bound respectively for Belle Isle and the St. Clair Flats. Thousands of people take in the popular trips these steamers afford. The scene is typical of the summer season in Detroit. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Nov 8, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the steamer PROMISE at the dock at the foot of Woodward Avenue. The decks are filled with passengers. Printed on verso: Belle Isle Pleasure Boat, Detroit, Mich. This picture shows the Steamer Promise one of the fleet of the Belle Isle and Windsor Ferry Co. These boats leave Third Street and Foot of Woodward avenue every 15 minutes for Belle Isle. Detroit has the finest fleet of excursion steamers in the World. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 21, 1911.
- Date Issued:
- 1911-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- Cover of a booklet or part of a brochure listing the schedule listing the 1913 Detroit and Cleveland Navigation Company steamer schedule. The recto lists the schedule for the CITY OF DETROIT II, CITY OF ST. IGNACE, WESTERN STATES, and EASTERN STATES of the Detroit and Cleveland Division, the CITY OF DETROIT III and CITY OF CLEVELAND III of the Detroit and Buffalo Division, the CITY OF THE STRAITS and STATE OF NEW YORK of the Cleveland and Toledo Line, and the CITY OF ALPENA II, CITY OF MACKINAC II, and CITY OF DETROIT II of the Mackinac Division. The verso bears a map showing the routes of the D&C line.
- Date Issued:
- 1913-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Gangways for Strs. 59 & 60 for Ft.& P.M. [Flint & Pere Marquette] R.R." The drawing consists of black and red ink on linen and shows details of the gangways on the sides of the proposed wooden-hulled, propeller-driven, passenger steamships. The plan was prepared by Frank E. Kirby at a scale of 1 1/2 inches = 1 foot by the Detroit Dry Dock Company and is dated May, 1882. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Deck Frame for Str. 59/60, F.&P.M. [Flint & Pere Marquette]." The drawing consists of black ink on linen and shows a half plan view of the structural deck frame arrangement for the proposed wooden-hulled, propeller-driven, passenger steamships. The plan was prepared by Frank E. Kirby at a scale of 1 1/2 inches = 1 foot by the Detroit Dry Dock Company and is dated May, 1882. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Color postcard depicting the TASHMOO and IDLEWILD next to a dock. The ship decks and the dock are crowded with people. Handwritten message on verso, postmarked Aug 9, 1909.
- Date Issued:
- 1909-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Postcard
- Description:
- One plan sheet entitled, "Construction Draft of Strs. 59/60 for Ft.& P.M. [Flint & Pere Marquette] R.R. Co." The drawing consists of red, black, and blue ink on linen and shows a port side interior profile view of the proposed wooden-hulled, propeller-driven, passenger steamships. The plan was prepared at a scale of 1/4 inch = 1 foot by Frank E. Kirby for the Detroit Dry Dock Company and is dated March, 1882. (Steamer numbers 59 and 60 were the Detroit Dry Dock hull numbers for the passenger steamships that were known as F.&P.M. No. 1 and F.&P.M. No. 2, respectively.)
- Date Issued:
- 1882-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime