Origsize: 8.5" x 11"; Origformat: Artifact; Resolution: 600 DPI
Name/Title
Wischmeyer's Lake Erie Fishing Boat Model Report
Entry/Object ID
2000.FIC.08.05
Scope and Content
Report on the "Wishmeyer's [sic] Lake Erie Fishing Boat" by Richard C. Dillon from 1995. Richard Dillon built a from scratch
boat model of the fishing boat.
A sixteen page report on the design and restoration of one of Henry Wischmeyer's model ships for the GLHS Inland seas Maritime Museum. The model is of a fishing boat in the style of a Mackinaw boat. Dillon also created a 1/29 scale of the original boat for his own collection.
The report includes photos of the original restoration and the scale along with measurements. It is also provides a letter from Dillon to Rose Hill looking for information regarding Henry Wischmeyer Jr. and Victoria Miller. It concludes with scale drawings and blueprints for the model.
Stored in the front pocket of the blue folder is a notecard with information on the model boat. It indicates that the Wischmeyer Boat model was gifted to the Historical Society in August 2013.
Another note provides contact information for Jay Hubach's daughter, Susan Mueller Maxwell
In the back pocket is a photobook of extra photos of the model ship along with the negatives.
