Name/Title
Steamboat SketchesEntry/Object ID
2021.88.42Description
Sketches by Patrick Labadie, curator of the Keewatin, to illustrate his talk on "Recollections of the Steamboat Era" July 9, 1971
Title page and 12 drawings of steamships executed with pencil and markers on drawing paper.
Butler Family settles Saugatuck site 1829
Steamer Albert, 1843, surveyed Kalamazoo River for earliest charts, 1845
Lady Elgin, 1851, Sunk in 1860, 300 lives
Huron of 1852, Goodrich Chicago-Holland passenger steamer
FB Stockbridge of 1874, lumber schooner
Lumber hooker Kalamazoo 1880
Crawford line steamer, Tennessee, 1888, Chicago to Saugatuck line
Saugatuck excursion boat Cuckoo
Eastland, 1903, South Haven line, Capsized at Chicago in 1915; 835 drowned
Theodore Roosevelt, Saugatuck-Michigan City express steamship
Steamer City of Saugatuck, Graham & Morton line
Tug Chambers Brothers, rescues crew of steamer Wisconsin, Nov. 29, 1929Type of Drawing
MarkerAcquisition
Accession
2021.88Acquisition Method
Found in CollectionLocation
Drawer
Flat Files drawer 01 unframed artCondition
Overall Condition
FairNotes
Some discoloration around the edges and dried adhesive residue on backs.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Keewatin (ship), Labadie, C. PatrickCreate Date
December 16, 2021Update Date
December 16, 2021
