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- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting the manufacture of the nearly completed "pattern" Eagle Boat at the Ford Highland Park Factory, viewed from above, looking bow to stern. Its mast and chart house are installed and its lifeboat rests on the floor off of its starboard side. This boat served as the pattern for other Eagle Boats manufactured at the Ford Rouge Complex. This boat, after completion, was then disassembled and each was part given a code number and then used as a template for the other Eagle Boats. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22483-6-19-18. 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 the manufacture of the "pattern" Eagle Boat, viewed from an elevetated position looking stern to bow, at the Ford Highland Park Factory. This boat served as the pattern for all other Eagle Boats to be manufactured at the Ford Rouge Complex. This boat, after completion, was then disassembled and each was part given a code number and then used as a template for the other Eagle Boats. Lower right hand corner shows photo number and date of photo: 22482-6-19-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Black and white photograph of a photograph of Charles Sorenson (far left), Charles Kirby (second from the right, holding a hat), and Henry Ford (on the far right) posed with a group of workers above the keel of the "pattern" Eagle Boat in the room where it is being built within the Ford Highland Park Plant. "Olson #412," and "0-421" are both printed on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph depicting the manufacture of the pattern Eagle Boat at the Ford Highland Park Factory, as viewed from a point above its bow, facing toward its stern. The boat appears near completion. A lifeboat is at the lower left. This pattern boat was later dismantled and used as a template for Eagle Boats to be manufactured at Ford's River Rouge Complex. The caption, "First study-model Eagle built at Ford Highland Park plant," is on the verso. Lower left hand corner of photo has number and date of photo: 22688-7-18-18. 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 the steam powered Eagle Boat Turbine engine housing staged on the floor in front of metal mills within the Ford Highland Park Factory. Above the mills are chain-hoists used to lift the housing onto the mill. A large gear in a wooden block is in the foreground on the right. Lower right hand corner of photo has number and date of photo: 22946-9-03-18. 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 the manufacture of the Eagle Pattern Boat at the Ford Highland Park Factory, as viewed from a point above its stern facing forward. An attached gangway is visible along the boat's port side near the bottom edge of the frame. The pattern boat was disassembled and taken to the Ford River Rouge Factory where each piece was used as template for manufacturing other Eagle Boats. A total of 60 Eagle Boats were built. Lower left hand corner of photo has number and date of photo: 22818-8-14-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Sepia-toned photograph taken overlooking a room containing Eagle Boat steam turbine engine parts staged on floor for assembly at the Ford Highland Park Factory. Windows like the wall on the right, and the short wall at the end of the room in the background. On the left wall is a row of metal mills. On the right wall, work benches with attached vises are shown. Lower right hand corner of photo has number and date of photo: 22945-9-03-18. 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 the Eagle Boat Engine testing station at the Ford Highland Park Factory. An operator poses beside the controls. A large shaft is running from the engine turbine to what appears to be generator in the background. Electrical type gauges attached to a panel near the generator are in view. Overhead chain-hoists are visible. Each Eagle Boat engine was tested before being transported to Ford's River Rouge Factory. Lower right hand corner of photo has number and date of photo: 22958-9-05-18. 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 the manufacture of the Eagle Pattern Boat at the Ford Highland Park Factory, as viewed from a point above its bow facing aft. Small two-wheeled carts are along its starboard side. Along its port side near the bottom of the frame is a worker at a desk. The pattern boat was disassembled and taken to the Ford River Rouge Factory where each piece was used as template for manufacturing other Eagle Boats. A total of 60 Eagle Boats were built. Lower left hand corner of photo has number and date of photo: 22817-8-14-18. Photo mounted on a linen backing.
- Date Issued:
- 1918-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Maritime
- Description:
- Small sepia-toned photographic print depicting the exterior of the Ford Highland Park Plant. Several pedestrians, including a group of three adults, three children, and a baby walk along the sidewalk. A "No Parking" sign is in the foreground at the lower right. Show covers the ground. "Mar 1922" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Detroit Views
