The Whaleback Christopher Columbus

Photograph

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Door County Museum and Archives

Name/Title

The Whaleback "Christopher Columbus"

Entry/Object ID

2000.01.087

Description

The whaleback Christopher Columbus. It was the only whaleback passenger ship on the Great Lakes. It plied the Door County waters and wintered in Manitowoc, WI.

Collection

Door County Archives Photo Collection

Cataloged By

Sally Treichel

Acquisition

Accession

2000.01

Source or Donor

Door County Historical Society - Ex. Coll.

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Notes

Negative No.: 2000.01.088

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Boats, Whaleback, Christopher Columbus

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

00.055

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in

Location

Location

Building

Office/Photo File

Category

Permanent

Date

September 26, 2025

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: This print is made from a 4" x 5" glass-plate negative. The identity of the original photographer is unknown. The glass-plate negative was part of the "Herb Reynolds Collection of Old Door County Photographs - Reynolds Art Studio Glass Plates". Herb Reynolds was a Sturgeon Bay photographer for many years. After his death, ownership was transfered to Chan Harris, who donated the glass-plate negatives to the Door County Archives Committee in Jan. of 1989. Status: OK

Created By

[email protected]

Create Date

August 31, 2000

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

September 9, 2026